When Turkish Jews returned to Israel, they brought their culinary traditions with them. Malabi is a hugely popular, delicious milk-based dessert that is Turkish in origin and one of the beautiful culinary intersections created by the Jewish people returning to their ancestral home!
Bar Spice has made preparing a traditional malabi easy with their Israeli Malabi Dessert Mix.
Israeli Malabi Dessert Mix Directions
Prepare in a sauce/soup pot
- Add 2 cups of cold whole milk and 2 teaspoons of Israeli Malabi Dessert Mix and mix well until the sugar dissolves and you form a smooth texture.
- Cook over low heat, constantly stirring, until uniformly smooth.
- Pour into serving bowls and cool in the fridge for 4 -5 hours.
- Serve cold and garnish as you wish.
You can give the dessert your signature by adding a splash of rosewater or vanilla essence. You can crush pistachio nuts for a savory topping popular in Israel!
Allergen information: It may contain peanuts, sesame, and nuts.
- 450 grams / 15.87 ounces
- Kosher, parve – Supervision Badatz Jerusalem
- Kosher, parve – Supervision Rabbinate Samaria
Israeli Malabi Dessert Mix
Yossi Katz, born in Philadelphia, has a degree in Jewish and Arab history from Temple University in Philadelphia and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
After making Aliyah to Israel in 1978, he served in Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces) for over twenty-five years as a combat soldier in a reconnaissance unit of the Armored Corps.
He is the former Israeli National Light-Middleweight boxing champion and since 1980 he has taught at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI). A father of three and a grandfather to three grandchildren, Yossi Katz resides in Netanya.