Picking the herbs and qurtum

Women in esna picking the herbs and qurtum.

Qurtum is a dish made with the safflower plant. After the petals are harvested and sold for making lemoon measfar, safflower plants are sold locally in Esna to make a dish called qurtum. The qurtum dish is a traditional dish from Esna, and is made with a meat stock, and women also add dried okra (bamia) to thicken the soup.

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