Malawah ( ), also known as Malawax (), is a sweet

pancake A pancake, also known as a hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack, is a flat type of batter bread like cake, often thin and round, prepared from a starch-based Batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk, and butter, and then cooked on a ...

that originated from Somalia.Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, ''Culture and Customs of Somalis'', (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113. It is a type of pancake eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, parts of Ethiopia and Kenya.

Overview

Malawah is a plate-sized sweet pancake that is eaten for breakfast or as a snack anytime during the day. It is similar to a sweet crepe and is flavored with cardamom.

References

{{Flatbreads World cuisine Somali cuisine African cuisine, Somali Cuisine by ethnicity Somali inventions