Fattah ma’adem

Fattah ma’adem is a Syrian layered dish made with crispy flatbread, lamb trotters, chickpeas, and a yogurt-based sauce. It typically consists of crispy pita bread pieces that are topped with cooked chickpeas and lamb trotters, generously drizzled with garlicky tahini-yogurt sauce on top. This specialty is usually sprinkled with fried or toasted nuts, such as pine nuts or cashews, and eaten warm as a main dish. Fattah ma’adem is a version of fattah or fatteh, a dish consisting mainly of fresh, toasted, or stale pieces of flatbread combined with a variety of other ingredients. In Syria, this dish is often drizzled with melted samneh or ghee.