🇪🇬 Egypt recipe
Molokhia
Molokhia is one of the oldest dishes in Egyptian cuisine, a thick, deeply savory soup made from the finely chopped leaves of the jute mallow plant. The dish gets its distinctive viscous texture from the mucilage in the leaves, and it is finished with a sizzling garlic-coriander tashqiya that perfumes the entire pot. It is true Egyptian comfort food at its most elemental.
Prep30 mins
Cook45 mins
Serves6
Difficultymedium
Ingredients
- 500g fresh molokhia leaves (or 200g frozen chopped molokhia)
- 1 liter rich chicken or rabbit broth
- 1 whole chicken, poached and reserved
- 10 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 2 tablespoons ground coriander
- 3 tablespoons ghee or samna
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Egyptian short-grain rice for serving
- Warm baladi bread for serving
Method
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Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 130
- Protein
- 5.5 g
- Carbs
- 11 g
- Fat
- 7 g
