Malukhiyah Dish

The Malukhiyah has been known as a popular dish in Egypt since the time of the Pharaohs, and later spread to the Levant. The leaf is a common food in many tropical West African countries. It is believed that the "drip tips" on the leaves serve to shed excess water from the leaf from the heavy tropical rains. It is called Kren-Kre in Sierra Leone, and is eaten in a palm oil sauce served with rice or cassava fufu, or is steamed and mixed into rice just before eating a non-palm oil sauce.