Name: Malawah
Yield: 4 Malawach
Ingredients: 500 gr white flour; 300 ml water (RT); 5 gr salt; 100 gr melted butter; Black sesame (optional); Flour (for sprinkling); To serve; Hard boiled eggs; Tomatoes; Schug

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I grew up on Malawah. I’m not Yemenite but in Israel it’s very easy to find this staple in the supermarket. I guess only Ashkenazis buy it, because the real Yemenites make it from scratch 🙌🏻. It is the most crazy delicious treat of all time. Malawach resembles a thick pancake (similar to scallion pancake) but consists of thin layers of dough brushed with butter and cooked flat in a frying pan. It is flaky, crisp, and perfectly paired with grated tomatoes, Yemenite schug, and hard boiled potatoes.

4 malawaches

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Ingredients

500 gr white flour

300 ml water (RT)

5 gr salt

100 gr melted butter

Black sesame (optional)

Flour (for sprinkling)

To serve

Hard boiled eggs

Tomatoes

Schug

Directions

Step 1

In a bowl- add flour and salt.

500 gr white flour

5 gr salt

1 bowl

Step 2

Start adding the water slowly. Add and mix. Getting dry? Add more water. Don’t add more than what is written in the recipe!

300 ml water (RT)

Step 3

Work the dough for 5 min until it is elastic and sexy. Cover with a towel and let it rest for 20 min.

1 kitchen towel

Step 4

Give the dough a fold. Cover with a towel and let it rest for another 20 min.

1 kitchen towel

Step 5

Divide the dough to 3 parts. Each of them open with a rolling pin on a floured surface. We want to open the dough as thin as we can.

Flour (for sprinkling)

1 bench knife

1 rolling pin

Step 6

Spread the melted butter on the dough. Sprinkle some flour and black sesame.

100 gr melted butter

Black sesame (optional)

Flour (for sprinkling)

Step 7

Fold the dough on itself. First left side to the middle. Then right side to the middle. Then roll it starting from the bottom. With every fold spread more melted butter and flour.