muhallabia a creamy milk dessert of the Middle East, usually made with cornflour, ground rice, and milk and flavoured with orange flower water or rosewater, see roses. Chopped almonds and pistachio nuts decorate the top. It is a similar dessert to firni and keshkul.
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