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What is Cholent?


By Naftali Silberberg

Cholent is a culinary delight enjoyed by Jews of all backgrounds on Shabbat afternoon. In Ashkenazi circles it is called "Cholent," while Sephardic Jews refer to this dish as "Chameen" ("the hot dish").

This stewed dish is served hot on Shabbat afternoon, and since it is forbidden to cook or warm up food on Shabbat, the cholent sits on the stove-top (or in a crock pot) from before sundown Friday evening.

The ingredients of this dish vary depending on your ancestry. The Ashkenazi cholent normally consists of beans, barley, potatoes and meat. (There are those who specialize in making a delicious vegetarian cholent). The Mid-Eastern variety is much spicier and often contains rice, chickpeas, and sometimes dumplings.
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Posted: May 1, 2009
sepharadic cholent
the Moroccan cholent is called CHEKHINA, most probably to remember LAMAN during the passage into the desert, . Also in jewish arabic language it is called DAFINA.

For cholent lovers, you add one sliced onion, or a date, or a prune to give it that beautiful color to potatoes and some oil because we tend not to use any more the animal fat as we used to.
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Posted: Nov 4, 2008
Re: Cholent
See next question in this index: Why do we eat Cholent on Shabbat?
Posted By Naftali Silberberg (Author)

Posted: Nov 4, 2008
cholent
you should mention why we eat cholent- to show that the tzidokim are wrong when they say that you must eat only cold food on shabbos and sit in the dark...
Posted By Anonymous, Jerusalem, Israel



 


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