Muhallebi, or muhalabiyya, is a milk pudding commonly made with rice, sugar, and milk, thickened with rice flour, starch, or semolina. It is popular as a dessert in the Middle East. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountCirca, 10th century; the earliest surviving written recipes for muhallebi date to the 10th century (a Baghdad cookbook attributed to Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq), with no more precise year given. The legendary late-7th-century naming story is recorded separately as legend, not as this fact's basis. Origin RegionMiddle East (Arab world; earliest surviving written recipes from Baghdad) 1 Sourced to the subject's own accountA legend places the dish's introduction into Arab cuisine in the late 7th century, brought by a Persian cook from the Sasanian Empire and named after the Arab general Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra; this is a naming legend, not a documented event, per the food atlas convention of naming folk origin legends as legend. Classification
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WikipediaIntroduction
It is popular as a dessert in the Middle East.
History section, first paragraph
According to legend, muhallebi was introduced into Arab cuisine in the late 7th century by a Persian cook from the then Sasanian Empire.
History section, second paragraph
The earliest recipes, dating to the 10th century, featured three versions: milk thickened with ground rice, milk with rice grains and chicken, and an egg custard without rice.
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It is popular as a dessert in the Middle East.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhallebi (dietary-suitability)
Muhallebi, or muhalabiyya, is a milk pudding commonly made with rice, sugar, and milk, thickened with either rice flour, starch or semolina.
- In Cuisine: Egyptian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
- In Cuisine: Lebanese Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
- In Cuisine: North African Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
- Uses Ingredient: Sugar, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice flour, milk or almond milk, sugar, starch or semolina
- Uses Ingredient: Milk, Infobox main_ingredient field: Rice flour, milk or almond milk, sugar, starch or semolina
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