Before the development of the poultry industry in Morocco in the 1970s, it was customary to go to the market and pick out a live chicken. Though it is not as critical in a recipe like this, which marinates the meat in spices and herbs, I still encourage you to seek out the purest ingredients available to you.

From Bedouin banquets to hipster hashi-burger food trucks, it’s time for taste-testing the desert-to-dessert caravan of camel milks, camel pizzas, camel sliders, ice cream flavors, energy drinks and upscale chocolate. Camel: It’s one of the world’s fastest-growing health-and-heritage consumer product sectors.

This dish was invented a year after I moved to New York, with the help of my large Asian pantry, especially curry leaves, whose smell reminds me of my innocent and unbound childhood.

My mother made kurus a lot for my brother and me because it was inexpensive, easy to prepare and, most importantly, delicious.