Meaning of malabi | Babel Free

Definitions

A type of Middle Eastern pudding made with milk and rice flour, flavoured with rosewater or other ingredients.

Israel, countable, uncountable

Examples

“After a Middle Eastern meal, you'd be served something called malabi for dessert. It's a custard flavored with rosewater. It can be made dairy free. Ew. But some people really love it. I, for one, freaking love dairy and don't love rosewater. This dessert looks like a malabi, but tastes so much better.”

“Their boisterousness gives Lia a pretence to isolate Alon from his family and she lures him away with a malabi, leads him to a lonely table by the window.”

“They created their dairy and vegan malabis based on their grandmothers' recipes and some internet information, with homemade syrups (classic raspberry and pomegranate, vanilla cinnamon and lemon cardamom, and a rotating selection of caramel, chai and watermelon) that are made in-house as well.”

“Amber's experience reminded me of when I visited WeWork's flagship space in Tel Aviv and saw a line of people queuing up for free malabi, a rosewater milk pudding common in the Middle East.”

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