🇱🇧 Lebanon
Kaak Malih
Every Levantine home keeps a tin of kaak malih for surprise guests — crunchy rings that outlast the visit.
🔪 Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 25 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
12 people
✨ What makes it special
Mahlab and anise in the dough, sesame crust, baked twice-dry so they keep for weeks.
Ingredients
- 500 gflour
- 120 mlolive oil
- 1 tspmahlab, ground
- 1 tspanise and nigella seeds
- 1 tspyeast
- 1½ tspsalt
- 100 gsesame seeds
Method
- 1
Knead a firm dough with oil, spices, yeast, and warm water; rest 45 minutes.
- 2
Roll thin ropes and join into small rings.
- 3
Brush with water and press into sesame.
- 4
Bake at 180°C until golden, then leave in the cooling oven to dry crisp.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 12