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Malawach

Name: Malawach
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 150ml Water; 100ml Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; To taste Honey (to serve); 2 Tomato; 2 Egg

Dessert

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Flaky layered flatbread fried until crisp — a Sabbath breakfast bread brought to Israel by Yemenite Jews.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Malawach is a traditional dish of Yemenite Jews: dough brushed with fat, folded into many layers, stretched thin, and fried crisp on a griddle. For the Sabbath, a batch is made ahead to eat the next morning with boiled eggs and grated tomato, and today it's a breakfast favorite at cafés across Israel.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On Saturday morning, the family tears apart fresh malawach and dips it in honey or tomato sauce for a Sabbath breakfast.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bread flour 300g
Water 150ml
Vegetable Oil 100ml
Salt 1 tsp
Honey (to serve) To taste
Tomato 2
Egg 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix bread flour, water, and salt, knead into a smooth dough, and rest for 30 minutes.
Divide into 8 pieces and stretch each very thin with your palms, brushing with oil.
Roll into a spiral and flatten again to create layers.
Fry both sides until crisp on an oiled griddle or frying pan.
Serve with honey, a fried egg, or tomato sauce.

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