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Malawach or melawwaḥ (Hebrew: מלוואח), is a Jewish Yemenite flatbread that is traditional in Yemeni cuisine taken as Israeli cuisine. The name of the dish comes from the Arabic "", literally “board-like bread”. It was brought to Israel by Yemenite Jews. 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. It is traditionally served with hard-boiled eggs, zhug, and resek agvaniyot. Sometimes it is served with honey.
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- Prepared food.name
- Malawach
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- 300 px
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- Malawach, as traditionally served by Yemenite Jews, with zhoug and resek
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- Yemen
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- Israel
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- Yemenite Jews
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- Bread
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Laminated dough, clarified butter, or butter, or cooking oil, occasionally Nigella sativa
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Malawach or melawwaḥ (Hebrew: מלוואח), is a Jewish Yemenite flatbread that is traditional in Yemeni cuisine taken as Israeli cuisine. The name of the dish comes from the Arabic "", literally “board-like bread”. It was brought to Israel by Yemenite Jews. 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. It is traditionally served with hard-boiled eggs, zhug, and resek agvaniyot. Sometimes it is served with honey.
==History==