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Zlebia or Zlabia (Arabic,زلابية) is a type of pastry eaten in parts of north-west Africa such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, the Middle East and Iran.

Typical ingredients include flour, 1/2 spoon yeast soup, 1 1/2 spoons of yoghurt soup and sugar. This is then mixed with water and commonly two seeds of cardamom (oil for the crackling).^[1]

Kairouan in Tunisia is noted for its Zlebia pastries which are sold at the World Heritage Site.

This sweet was cherished by the Jewish population that was expelled from Algeria. The exiled Algerian Jews have now a website under the name "zlabia.com".^[2]

The Persian word for Zlebia is "zulbiah." In Egypt, Iraq ,Lebanon and Syria it is known as "zalabia" (sometimes spelt as "zalabiya").^[3]

[edit] See also

• Jalebi, the same sweet in South Asia

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