malabi

plural malabis

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

   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.

   2017, Julian Furman, This Is How We Talk, Glasgow: Freight Books, →ISBN, page 156

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   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.

   2015, Oron, Danielle, author, Modern Israeli Cooking: 100 New Recipes for Traditional Classics, Salem, MA: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN, page 186

   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.

   2017 February 12, Jessica Steinberg, “Wake up and smell the rosewater”, in The Times of Israel, Jerusalem: SyndiGate Media Inc, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2023

   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.

   2020, Noreena Hertz, The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World That's Pulling Apart, London: Sceptre, →ISBN, page 217