Recipe: at dinner Molokhia
Recipe: at dinner Molokhia Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Molokhia. Mulukhiyah, molokheyya ,molokhia or mulukhiyyah (Arabic: ملوخية mulūkhiyyah) Greek : molokha is the leaves of Corchorus olitorius, commonly known in English as jute, nalta jute, tossa jute , jute mallow or Jew's mallow. It is used as a vegetable. It is popular in Middle East, East African and North African countries and is called "Saluyot" in the Philippines.
It has medium sized saw-toothed leaves that come to a point at the tip and have small tendrils at the base of each leaf.
Nutritionally, it has three times the calcium and phospherous as Kale, and four times the amount of riboflavin.
Molokhia, Corchorus olitorius, is an herbaceous annual plant in the family Malvaceae grown for its edible leaves which are consumed as a vegetable.
You can cook Molokhia using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Molokhia
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Prepare 2 bags of frozen molokhia.
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It’s 6 cups of chicken broth.
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It’s 1 of medium onion.
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You need 6 cloves of garlic.
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Prepare 1 tablespoon of coriander dried.
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It’s 1 teaspoon of Salt pepper.
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Prepare 1 teaspoon of butter or oil.
The molokhia plant is tall and is either unbranched or possesses few lateral branches.
The stems and leaves of the plant can be dark red or dark green or an intermediate color.
Molokhia is a type of leafy plant called Corchorus, Jews mallow, Jute mallow or Nalta.
It is said that Molokhia started from Egypt and then spread to the rest of the Middle East, North Africa and East Mediterranean regions.
Molokhia instructions
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Boiled the broth, sauté the onions garlic and coriander until crisp add to the broth.
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Add the molokhia to the broth let it cook do not cover at all about 10 minutes.
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Add lemon juice like one tablespoon to every cup soup.
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You serve it with white rice.
It can be found in different forms from fresh leaves, dried or frozen variety.
Molokhia is a very delicious and nutritious Middle Eastern dish.
Very popular in Middle Eastern countries including Jordan, Palestine, Syria, and Egypt.
It's made from either fresh, dried or frozen Molokhia leaves (Jew's mallow or Jute leaves or nalta) that are used as a vegetable in this recipe.
Molokhia is a very popular jews mallow (jute leaves) stew throughout the Middle-east.
