mulukhiyah
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).
Noun
editmulukhiyah (uncountable)
- Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
- Synonyms: Egyptian spinach, nalita
- 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.
- The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.