مهلبية

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Arabic

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Etymology

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According to legend, muhallebi was introduced into Arab cuisine in the late 7th century by a Persian cook from what was then Sassanid Persia (224-651), who served it to an Arab general by the name of Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra. He liked it so much, he named it after himself.

Noun

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مُهَلَّبِيَّة (muhallabiyyaf

  1. "A dessert resembling blancmange, made of rice flour, milk and sugar".

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هلب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN