Malawach

Malawach
Malawach, as traditionally served by Yemenite Jews, with zhoug and resek.
TypeBread
Place of originYemen
Created byYemenite Jews[1][2]
Main ingredientsLaminated 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]

  1. ^ Marks, Rabbi Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
  2. ^ Solomonov, Michael. Israeli Soul. HMH.
  3. ^ Marks, Rabbi Gil. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Food.
  4. ^ Solomonov, Michael. Israeli Soul. HMH.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Old memories, new dishes: Malawach reinvented
  7. ^ Roden, Claudia (1997). The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey from Samarkand to New York. Knopf. p. 549. ISBN 0-394-53258-9.