malabi

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English

Israeli malabi
Muhallebi with pistachios and rose petals

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מלבי.

Noun

malabi (countable and uncountable, plural malabis)

  1. (Israel) A type of Middle Eastern pudding made with milk and rice flour, flavoured with rosewater or other ingredients.
    • 2015, Oron, Danielle, author, Modern Israeli Cooking: 100 New Recipes for Traditional Classics, Salem, MA: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 186:
      After a Middle Eastern meal, you'd be served something called malabi for dessert. It's a custard flavored with rosewater. It can be made dairy free. Ew. But some people really love it. I, for one, freaking love dairy and don't love rosewater. This dessert looks like a malabi, but tastes so much better.
    • 2017, Julian Furman, This Is How We Talk, Glasgow: Freight Books, →ISBN, page 156:
      Their boisterousness gives Lia a pretence to isolate Alon from his family and she lures him away with a malabi, leads him to a lonely table by the window.
    • 2017 February 12, Jessica Steinberg, “Wake up and smell the rosewater”, in The Times of Israel, Jerusalem: SyndiGate Media Inc, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-01:
      They created their dairy and vegan malabis based on their grandmothers' recipes and some internet information, with homemade syrups (classic raspberry and pomegranate, vanilla cinnamon and lemon cardamom, and a rotating selection of caramel, chai and watermelon) that are made in-house as well.
    • 2020, Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World That's Pulling Apart, London: Sceptre, →ISBN, page 217:
      Amber's experience reminded me of when I visited WeWork's flagship space in Tel Aviv and saw a line of people queuing up for free malabi, a rosewater milk pudding common in the Middle East.

Usage notes

  • The term "malabi" is primarily used in Israeli contexts or by Israeli authors. In other Middle Eastern traditions, the dish may be referred to as muhallebi or mahalabiyeh.

Further reading

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

malabi

  1. large clay pot