mulukhiyah

English

Alternative forms

• malukhiyah, mloukhiya, molohiya, molokhia, moroheiya, mulukhiya, mulukhiyya, mulukhiyyah

Etymology

From Arabic مُلُوخِيَّة (mulūḵiyya).

Noun

mulukhiyah (uncountable)

1. Corchorus species, particularly jute mallow (Corchorus olitorius), used as a vegetable in Middle Eastern and North African cuisine, which can be boiled into a mucilaginous broth.

   Synonyms: Egyptian spinach, nalita

   • 2011, Lynne Christy Anderson, Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens:

     Limya is preparing mulukhiyah this morning, something she ate nearly every day when she lived in Sudan. It's a stew made of lamb and the mulukhiyah leaf, also known as mallow, popular in Middle Eastern cooking.

2. The mucilaginous broth made by boiling this plant.