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molokhia

food
Also known as: mulukhiyyah
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    …a soup-based dish known as molokhia, or mulukhiyyah. The plant is often thought to be the mallow mentioned in the Book of Job (30:4), and the archaic name “Jew’s mallow” may have origins in this and the fact that it was historically a popular food among Egyptian Jews.

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    …a soup-based dish known as molokhia, or mulukhiyyah. The plant is often thought to be the mallow mentioned in the Book of Job (30:4), and the archaic name “Jew’s mallow” may have origins in this and the fact that it was historically a popular food among Egyptian Jews.

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