Seniyeh

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Brass tray with silver inlay, Egypt or Syria 19th century

Seniyeh (also seniyyeh, siniyya and other spellings) denotes in Arabic ( ṣīniyya) both a serving tray, which partly also serves as a baking pan , and minced meat dishes that are baked in it.

Word origin

In Arabic-Islamic literature, the term mā'ida is often interpreted as a table (top) and can mean two different types of table:

  • The table known as sufra was a floor cover or a tray and not a round table. It was made of fabric, leather, copper, palm leaves or straw , and people sat around it either on the carpet or directly on the floor.
  • Kursee and Seeneeyeh
    The other type of table was called khiwān and was raised above the floor. According to the explanation of the lexicographer Ibn Manzūr , mā'ida named a khiwān table along with the food that was presented on it. When there was nothing to eat, khiwān could not be called mā'ida . A khiwān could take several forms: a tray resting on a single tall, conical leg, or a tray resting on three shorter legs, but it could also be a box-like object on forty legs.

Edward William Lane described seeneeyeh and saneeyeh as a round tray made of tinned copper or sometimes brass, between two and three feet in diameter, which served as a table and was placed on a stool ("kursee"). About fifteen centimeters high, made of wood and with a richly decorated surface made of mother-of-pearl , tortoiseshell, etc., two pieces of furniture formed a "Sufrah". Over time, the term sufrah changed its meaning and, after it had supplanted the term khiwān and assumed its meaning, was replaced by the term siniyya .

Use of the term

For minced meat dishes

In large parts of the Middle East , the food name seniyeh (short for kubeh seniyeh, kibbeh bil-saniyeh and other spellings) names a flat meatloaf, which is served in the baking pan (of the same name), prepared from lamb, beef or veal. Seniyeh kubbeh is a meatloaf layered with bulgur or mashed potatoes; Another example of Kibbi Bi-Siniyyah is to bake a Kibbeh dumpling mixture in a flat pan shape.

Another way of preparing meatloaf siniyah made from lamb, beef or veal has a crust made from tahini mixed with lemon juice .

For tray and baking pan

The round tray seniyeh is often made of copper or brass, with a diameter of about 16 inches and a side height of about an inch. It is used as a baking pan for stews, pies and pastries such as baklava , or flat meatloaf.

literature

Ken Albala: Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 9780313376269

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ A b Gil Marks: Encyclopedia of Jewish Food . HMH, 2010, ISBN 978-0-544-18631-6 ( google.de [accessed on November 11, 2018]).
  3. ^ Paulina Lewicka: Food and Foodways of Medieval Cairenes: Aspects of Life in an Islamic Metropolis of the Eastern Mediterranean . BRILL, 2011, ISBN 90-04-19472-X , pp. 416-417 ( google.de [accessed November 11, 2018]).
  4. ↑ An Account Of The Manners And Customs Of The Modern Egyptians . John Murray, 1860, p. 143 ( archive.org [accessed November 11, 2018]).
  5. ↑ a b Ganor Avi, Mayberg Ron: Israel culinary . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26524-9 , pp. 115 .
  6. ^ Alan Davidson: The Oxford Companion to Food . OUP Oxford, 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-104072-6 , pp. 460 ( google.de [accessed on November 14, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Chris Ying, René Redzepi, MAD: You and I Eat the Same: On the Countless Ways Food and Cooking Connect Us to One Another (MAD Dispatches, Volume 1) . Artisan Books, 2018, ISBN 978-1-57965-840-3 , pp. 84 ( google.de [accessed on November 14, 2018]).
  8. ↑ Ken Albala: Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9 , pp. 279–300 ( google.de [accessed November 11, 2018]).