Malawah

Thin sweet pancake eaten with honey or with meat.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour
• 2 Eggs
• 2 cups Milk
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 3 tbsp Butter
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¼ cup Honey

Method

1. Make the batter — Whisk the flour, eggs, milk, sugar, cardamom and salt into a thin smooth batter.
2. Rest — Leave 30 minutes so the flour hydrates.
3. Cook — Pour a ladle into a hot buttered pan and swirl very thin.
4. Turn — Cook 1 minute a side until lightly golden and lacy at the edges.
5. Malawah is ready — Fold into quarters and serve with honey, or savoury with suqaar.

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