Malawah
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| Alternative names | Malawah |
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| Type | Flatbread/pancake |
| Place of origin | Somalia |
| Region or state | Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Yemen |
| Main ingredients | Plain flour, eggs, plain flour, white corn flour, milk, [butter ghee], sugar |
| Variations | Cambaabur Laxoox Abu-Beed |
Malawax (Somali: Malawax 𐒐𐒖𐒄𐒝𐒄), also malawah (Arabic: ملوح), is a sweet pancake that originated from Somalia.[1] It is a type of pancake eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, parts of Ethiopia and Kenya.
Overview
Malawah is a plate sized sweet pancake that is perfect for breakfast or as snack anytime during the day. While there are slight variations in how Somalis make this pancake[2]
While most Somalis call this pancake malawah, this name is also used by Yemeni and Jewish people for a different unrelated kind of flatbread called Malawach/Khubz mulawah.
References
- ^ Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalis, (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113.
- ^ "Malawah (Somali Sweet Pancakes) | The Somali Kitchen". www.somalikitchen.com.