Malawach (מלאווח)
Flaky fried flatbread; layered dough, pan-fried until crispy and golden. Served with grated tomato, s'chug, hard-boiled egg.
Yemenite Breads
Malawach with Egg (מלאווח עם ביצה)
Malawach with fried egg cooked on top or folded inside.
Malawach with Cheese (מלאווח עם גבינה)
Malawach with cheese melted inside.
Malawach Sandwich
Malawach is laminated puff-pastry dough fried flat in a pan, so the sandwich rides on a wrapper that is itself a flaky pastry. Grated tomato and zhug cut the richness of a Yemenite bread.
Lahuh (לחוח)
Lahuh is the spongy Yemenite round cooked on one side, all open holes on top. Folded around hilbeh, zhug, egg or cheese, it soaks up its filling instead of walling it off.
Lahuh with Hilbeh
Lahuh with fenugreek dip; traditional combination.
Kubaneh (כובאנה)
Pull-apart overnight bread; dough balls baked together slowly, served Shabbat morning.
Jachnun (ג'חנון)
Slow-cooked rolled bread; dough rolled thin, brushed with butter/oil, rolled up, baked overnight. Served with grated tomato (resek) and s...