Arook (Hebrew:ערוק, Arabic: عروق) is a traditional Iraqi dish, resembling a fritter or
croquette, and is common among
Iraqi Jews
The history of the Jews in Iraq ( he, יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, ', ; ar, اليهود العراقيون, ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BC. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and mo ...
.
The dish is composed of
potato
The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.
Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
es,
parsley,
salt
Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quant ...
,
onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onio ...
,
egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...
,
flour,
black pepper
Black pepper (''Piper nigrum'') is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, known as a peppercorn, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about in dia ...
, and
green onions
"Green Onions" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Described as "one of the most popular instrumental rock and soul songs ever" and as one of "the most popular R&B instrumentals of its era", the tune is a ...
, which are chopped, mixed together, and fried.
It is customary to serve the dish on Shabbat mornings, but primarily during the holidays of Sukkot and Hanukkah.
In addition to the vegetarian version, there is also a version containing ground beef or chicken, carrots, and raisins.
[{{Cite web , title=How to make Vegetarian Arook (Assyrian Food) - YouTube {{! Food, Vegetarian recipes, Veggie patties , url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/how-to-make-vegetarian-arook-assyrian-food-youtube--571605377699877560/ , access-date=2024-04-07 , website=Pinterest , language=en]
References
Jewish cuisine stubs
Potato dishes
Passover foods
Hanukkah foods