Mahalabia Recipe : Middle Eastern Milk Pudding

Mahalabia or Muhallabia is a middle eastern milk pudding flavored with orange blossom water or rose water.

The common thickening agent added is corn starch.Some traditional Mahalabia Recipes also uses fine rice powder to thicken the milk pudding.

Thought this is a simple milk pudding, this Mahalabia dessert will not taste like a regular milk pudding.I think it’s because it has that unique heavenly aroma from the rose water or the orange blossom water which is the most common flavor added while making this delicious Mahalabia dessert.

What You will love about this Mahalabia recipe

This Mahalabia is a dessert, which is creamy, rich, not overly sweet and super delicious.

This milk pudding is one of the easiest and quickest desserts that we can make at home.

Another good thing that you will love about this mahalabia recipe is that ,we can make them ahead of time and keep it chilled.

Ingredients for making Mahalabia

• 4 cups milk
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 6-7 tablespoons corn starch (Maizena)
• Half Tsp Rose water or 1 tablespoons orange blossom water
• Toppings: nuts, jam, fruit, honey, etc.

How to make Mahalabia

Prepare the milk and corn starch mixture by dissolving corn starch into half a cup of milk.

Heat the rest of milk and sugar in a saucepan on med-high heat.

When milk is about to boil,add the corn starch -milk mixture.

Keep on stirring milk (watch carefully – will easily burn or stick to bottom of pan).

Once mixture thickens, remove from heat.

Add rose water.

Pour into bowls or cups or ramekins.

Let it cool down completely.

Once cooled (must be lukewarm or cooler), cover it and place in refrigerator and chill for at least 2-3 hours.

How to serve Mahalabia

Here are five different topping ideas for Mahalabia.

• Top with toasted and crushed/chopped nuts (almond or pistachios) before serving.This is the most favorite and most common way Mahalabia is served.If you like you can also add dried rose petals as well.
• Though it’s not a usual combo for mahalabia ,We can also serve them with some fresh berries as we did while serving Italian Pannacotta.
• We can also use caramel sauce and get a very similar taste as that of a flan or creme caramel.
• Chocolate lovers can top mahalabia with chocolate shavings or with some chocolate syrup.
• We can use Natural Honey for topping Mahalabia.

Can I make mahlabi with evaporated milk

Yes, you can use evaporated milk instead of milk in this muhallebi recipe.It will give a more rich and creamy taste and texture to mahalabia dessert.

Tips for making the Best Muhallabia every time you make

We need to cook the mixture on a very low heat in a thick bottomed pan.

Stir the mixture constantly so that we can prevent any chance of burning or scorching.

Use the right amount of corn starch to get very soft and smooth mahalabia. It’s better to have them not very thick.

Watch the video :How to Make Mahalabia

Hope you found this Mahalabia recipe ,easy to make.Hope you make this at home.Enjoy!

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If you are a great fan of pudding and if you want another simple and easy dessert,You can get this easy flan recipe where you can make it in three simple steps (Recipe with video)

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