mulukhiyah
English
Alternative forms
- malukhiyah
- mloukhiya
- molohiya
- molokhia
- moroheiya
- mulukhiya
- mulukhiyya
- mulukhiyyah
Etymology
Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya)
Noun
mulukhiyah (uncountable)
- The leaves of Corchorus species used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
- 2011, Lynne Christy Anderson, Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens:
- Limya is preparing mulukhiyah this morning, something she ate nearly every day when she lived in Sudan. It's a stew made of lamb and the mulukhiyah leaf, also known as mallow, popular in Middle Eastern cooking.
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