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Stuffed Tomatoes and Onions (Mahasha)

JL;DR SUMMARY Leah Koenig's feature on Baghdadi Jewish cuisine, centered around a recipe for Stuffed Tomatoes and Onions (Mahasha), highlights the rich culinary legacy of Baghdadi Jews—descendants of Iraqi Jewry who migrated to places like Calcutta, India. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish DiasporaJewish Culinary TraditionsCulinary HistoryMiddle Eastern FlavorsStuffed VegetablesBaghdadi Jewish CuisineMahashaElli BenaiahAi In CookingIndian Spices

Places mentioned

Calcutta, West Bengal, India
"Baghdadi Jews (also called Iraqi Jews) are the descendants of Jewish communities that lived for hundreds of years in Iraq, and then migrated elsewhere in the 18th and 19th centuriesparticularly to Calcutta, India, as well as smaller communities in Singapore, Burma, and elsewhere."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"As a child, Benaiah grew up in Toronto and Israel steeped in the warmth of his familys Iraqi-Indian Jewish rituals and cuisine."
Tel Aviv, Southern District, Israel
"Scared as the shaky ceasefire in Israel and Gaza gives way, yet again, to violence."

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