Egypt
Photo: Habib M'henni, CC BY-SA 3.0, croppedMolokhia
ملوخية
/molˈʊxejːæ/moh-loh-KHEE-yah
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- Taste
- Savory
- Made with
- VegetablesChicken
History
Molokhia is a green soup made from the leaves of the jute mallow plant, chopped very finely with a two-handled curved knife and cooked briefly in chicken or rabbit stock. It has a smooth, slightly slippery texture. Just before serving, garlic and coriander are fried in ghee and poured in with a hiss, a moment Egyptian cooks call the tasha. It is eaten over rice or with bread. The plant has been grown in Egypt for thousands of years, and stories say an 11th-century Fatimid caliph banned it for ordinary people, keeping it for royals, which some link to its name.
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