mulukhiyah

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة‎ (mulūḵiyya)

Noun

mulukhiyah (uncountable)

  1. Corchorus species, particularly Corchorus olitorius, used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.
    • 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.
    Synonyms: Egyptian spinach, nalita
  2. The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.
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