Israeli Recipes

Malawach

4 cups flour1
1/4 cups water
1/2 tsp. salt
1 stick margarine
tomato sauce
Zehoug (the most popular spice mixture of Yemen, spicy – optional)

Mix flour, water, and salt until dough becomes soft. Add more flour if dough is sticky.
Cut dough into two sections. Knead and roll each section into a 20x20 inch sheet. Spread margarine on the sheets. fold each sheet like an envelope with ends meeting at center. Repeat folding process to get two layers of folds.

Cover with a paper towel. Let sit for 1/2 hour.

Cut each sheet into 10 parts. Form each piece of dough to the shape of your frying pan and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Serve with tomato sauce (Optional – mix the tomato sauce with 1 tsp. Zehoug)


Recipe by: Meira Efrayim

posted by rebecca @ 3:45 AM