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| Type | Bread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Yemen |
| Created by | Yemenite Jews[1][2] |
| Main ingredients | Laminated dough, clarified butter, or butter, or cooking oil, occasionally Nigella sativa |
Malawach or Melawwaḥ, (Arabic: ملوح; literally means "board-like bread"), is a Jewish Yemenite flatbread that is traditional in the Yemeni cuisine. It was brought to Israel by Yemenite Jews.[3][4] Malawach resembles a thick pancake but consists of thin layers of puff pastry brushed with oil or fat and cooked flat in a frying pan.[5][6] It is traditionally served with hard-boiled eggs, zhug, and a crushed or grated tomato dip. Sometimes it is served with honey.[7]
- ^ Marks, Rabbi Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
- ^ Solomonov, Michael. Israeli Soul. HMH.
- ^ Marks, Rabbi Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
- ^ Solomonov, Michael. Israeli Soul. HMH.
- ^ Rachel Yedid & Danny Bar-Maoz (ed.), Ascending the Palm Tree – An Anthology of the Yemenite Jewish Heritage, E'ele BeTamar: Rehovot 2018, p. 132 ISBN 978-965-7121-33-7
- ^ Old memories, new dishes: Malawach reinvented
- ^ Roden, Claudia (1997). The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York. Knopf. p. 549. ISBN 0-394-53258-9.