Jerusalem mix in pita
4 servings
50 minutes
Jerusalem mix, or meurav yerushalmi, is a fried offal mix, sometimes with chopped chicken breast. This quick and easy dish made from budget offal has become a hallmark of Israeli fast food. The recipe was invented in the 1960s, not the most prosperous years for Israel, and even the name of the author is known: it was a certain Haim Firo, whose butcher shop near Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market is still in operation. Like any dish that has become popular, there is no canonical recipe for Jerusalem mix: in some places it is served directly on a hot frying pan, with pickles or ptitim paste added. But more often it is packed in pita envelopes to make it convenient to eat on the go.
1
Thoroughly wash all by-products, clean them from films, fat, large vessels, and blood clots.
2
Boil the hearts and stomachs until tender, about 30 minutes.
- Chicken gizzards: 250 g
- Chicken hearts: 250 g
3
Cut the cookies in half.
- Chicken liver: 250 g
4
Slice the onion into thin half-rings.
- Onion: 350 g
5
Heat a heavy thick-walled skillet well. Pour in olive oil, add onion, and sauté until lightly golden.
- Refined olive oil: 50 ml
- Onion: 350 g
6
Place the hearts and gizzards in the pan, fry, stirring, over high heat for 5 minutes.
- Chicken hearts: 250 g
- Chicken gizzards: 250 g
7
Add chicken livers, mix and fry for another 7-10 minutes until cooked, stirring occasionally.
- Chicken liver: 250 g
8
Add sumac, turmeric, and za'atar. Mix and fry for another 2 minutes to release the flavors.
- Sumac: 5 g
- Turmeric: 5 g
- Za'atar: 15 g
9
Add butter and turn off the heat. Let the offal sit covered in the pan for 10 minutes.
- Butter: 100 g
10
Stir the contents of the pan, add salt and pepper.
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
11
Toast the pitas in a dry skillet or under the grill and cut them in half or open them like an envelope. Spread the mixture on them, add 'Amba' sauce, tahini, and greens.
- Pita bread: 2 pieces
- Amba (pickled mango sauce): 40 g
- Tahini: 60 g
- Cilantro: 3 sprigs
- Spring onion: 4 stems