These thin, delicate Malawah Somali crepes are beautifully laced with the warmth of ground cardamom. Lightly sweet and melt-in-your-mouth tender, they are traditionally drizzled with melted ghee or butter and honey, making them the ultimate accompaniment to a hot cup of Shaah Adays.
Malawah Somali Crepes
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 cup plain flour
- 2 egg
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 11/2 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tbs melted butter
- 2 tbs sugar
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- honey for serving
Instructions
- In a blender, combine flour, egg, milk, water, cardamom, salt, sugar, and the butter, then blend until smooth.
- Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
- Heat a non stick pan over medium heat and brush lightly with oil or butter.
- Pour a little batter into the pan swirling to thinly cover the base.
- Cook until crepes are golden underneath about one to two minutes.
- Spread little oil or butter so that the crepes don't stick to the pan.
- Then turnover and on the other side, repeat with the remaining batter.
- Transfer into a plate and serve warm with butter and honey.
Malawax
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 2 koob daqiiq/bur
- 2 beed/ukun
- 1 1/2 koob caano
- 1 1/2 koob biyo
- 1 malqaacad yar hayl
- 2 malqaacadood sonkor
- 1 malqaacad yar milix
- 4 malqaacadood badhar ama saliid
Instructions
Sida loo samaynaayo
- Waxaad mashiinka ku qastaa daqiiqda, caanaha, biyaha, sonkorta, haylka, milixda, badharka
- iyo beedka ilaa uu kuuskuusku ka ba ayo ama mashiinka ku shiid.
- Dabool oo sug ilaa 10 mirir.
- Maqli dabka saar oo kululee, saliid yar dusha ka mari
- Qooshkii malqaacad godan dar oo dhexda kushub maqliga
- Dabadeed maqliga kolba goolad u wareeji oo
- hawada gaadho maqliga gabigiisa, adigoo isku simaya.
- Ilaa laba mirir ayuu ku bislaanayaa, marka ay
- hoostu shaaxido ka qaad oo dhinaca kale u rog.
- Saliid yar ayaad ku dulshubi kartaa ama badhar.
- Ka qaad markuu bislaado, dabadeed bilaydhka saar.
- Sidaa ku wada dhamee.
- Badhar iyo Malab kucun.
This is probably my favorite Somali food
Thank you for this recipe. I had missed these crepes from my favorite somali restaurant and your recipe brought my taste buds close to the original recipe.
Thank you so much