Melon Baal Canaf ("Melons With Wings") Recipe

Ingredients:

3 small Cantaloupes
1/3 cup Oil
3 cup Raw turkey meat chopped
1 tsp Salt
2 cup Green onions, chopped
1/3 cup Parsley, chopped
1/4 cup Fresh lemon juice
2 cup Cooked rice

Instructions:

Cut each melon in half; remove seeds. Scoop out pulp and reserve.
Heat oil in a skillet and saute turkey. Add salt and
continue to saute until poultry is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Blend in green onions, parsley and lemon juice; continue cooking
until onions are soft. Remove from flame and cool.

Add rice to cooled turkey mixture; stuff melon cavities. Chop up 1
cup of reserved melon pulp and place on top. Put stuffed melons into
an ovenproof dish; bake at 350 F. for 20 minutes. Serve hot.

The authors write: "Melon Baal Canaf is a dish that is said to
disappear as soon as it is placed on the table, as though it had
wings."

From _The Yemenite Cookbook_ by Zion Levi and Hani Agabria. New York:
Seaver Books, 1988. Pg. 100. ISBN 0-8050-0394-0. Electronic format by
Cathy Harned.

Servings: 6