🍌 Sweet mutabbaq

Name: Sweet mutabbaq
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Yemen · Arabian Peninsula
Ingredients: 250 g plain flour; 130 ml water and a pinch of salt; 2 tbsp oil for the dough and griddle; 2 ripe bananas, sliced; 1 egg, beaten; 60 g cream cheese; 2 tbsp honey; 1 tbsp sugar

Origin: Yemen · Arabian Peninsula

531kcal

per serving · 180 g

295kcal

per 100 g

13 gProtein7 g / 100 g

20 gFat11 g / 100 g

76 gCarbs42 g / 100 g

Sweet mutabbaq is a thin sheet of stretched dough folded around a filling of sliced banana, beaten egg and soft cream cheese, then fried on a flat griddle until crisp and golden. It is cut into squares and finished with honey or sugar syrup. The result is crunchy outside and soft, warm and sweet inside, and it is usually eaten hot from street stalls in the evening.

Diets

✓

Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

✓

No pork

Not veganbecause of: egg, honey, cream cheese

Contains glutenbecause of: dough

Contains dairybecause of: cream cheese

Not keto42 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Eggs ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

doughbananaeggsugarhoneycream cheese

Recipe

2 servings30 min

Ingredients

250 g plain flour
130 ml water and a pinch of salt
2 tbsp oil for the dough and griddle
2 ripe bananas, sliced
1 egg, beaten
60 g cream cheese
2 tbsp honey
1 tbsp sugar

Method

Knead flour, water, salt and 1 tsp oil into a soft dough; rest 20 minutes.
Divide in two and stretch each piece paper-thin on an oiled surface.
Spread cream cheese in the centre, add banana slices, sugar and a little beaten egg.
Fold the edges over to make a square parcel.
Fry on a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat until crisp on both sides.
Cut into squares and drizzle with honey.

How to make it lighter

Brush the griddle with oil instead of pouring it: 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Use half the honey — ripe banana already adds plenty of sweetness.
Share one parcel between two people and pair it with tea without sugar.

History

Mutabbaq, meaning “folded” in Arabic, is a street food of Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the wider Arabian Peninsula, with savoury versions filled with meat and egg. The sweet banana version is a popular evening snack at street stalls across the region today.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →