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Malabi
Also known as: مالابیج
Chilled Israeli milk pudding thickened with cornstarch and scented with rose water.
About Malabi
Malabi is the Israeli form of a wider Middle Eastern milk-pudding family. This profile follows Jewish-cuisine author Miri Rotkovitz's contemporary Israeli cornstarch version, fixing the plain rose-water pudding without its optional syrup or garnishes.
Milk gives the pudding a clean dairy sweetness, sugar keeps it gently dessert-like, and rose water supplies a distinct floral aroma. Cornstarch is neutral in flavour and lets those simple milk-and-rose notes remain clear.
The chilled pudding is pale, smooth and softly set, holding its shape in a small serving dish while yielding easily to a spoon. Its texture is silky and light rather than eggy or gelatinous, with no topping interrupting the even surface.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Malabi
Miri Rotkovitz's Israeli Rose-Water Malabi.
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole milk: . The source also permits reduced-fat milk, but this fixed version uses its whole-milk option
- Cornstarch:
- Rose water:
- Sugar:
Origins & food traditions
Jewish-cuisine author Miri Rotkovitz supplies the complete modern Israeli recipe selected here and identifies today's Israeli malabi as commonly thickened with cornstarch. The broader pudding reference independently corroborates malabi within the Middle Eastern muhallebi family and records milk, sugar and starch as its defining base with rose-water traditions.
Cuisines & regions
- Israeli Cuisine
- Israeli CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Caspian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.