Mahalabia Middle Eastern Milk Pudding

Mahalabia or muhallebi Middle Eastern Milk Pudding.

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Mahalabia, also known as Muhallebi is a creamy Middle Eastern dessert made with milk, sugar, and cornstarch. This dessert is served cold and commonly topped with nuts or fruit.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Mediterranean, middle eastern, turkih

Servings:

Calories: 297kcal

Author: Shadi HasanzadeNemati

Ingredients

4 cups Milk see notes
⅓ cup granulated sugar
2 tbsp all purpose flour
4 tbsp cornstarch
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp unsalted butter

Instructions

Mix the milk, sugar, flour, cornstarch and egg yolk in a saucepan.
Place the saucepan over medium high heat and stir constantly until the mixture starts to thicken.
Lower the heat to medium and keep stirring. Cook for 10 more minutes until the mixture gets the consistency of pudding.
Remove from the heat and mix in the vanilla extract and butter.
Divide between small serving bowls or cups and refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.
Garnish with fruit or nuts if desired.

Notes

You can use any kind of milk including plants based milk (almond, oat, cashew, etc) to make mahalabia (muhallbei).
Different countries add different flavors to this dessert. Some popular additions are rosewater, cardamom, orange blossom water and mastic.
Make sure the heat is not too high otherwise the milk will burn at the bottom of the pot.

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