 Matzah
balls is a traditional Jewish food made from
matzah, the unleavened bread used during the
Passover holiday.
It is a small dumpling usually made out of
matzo meal and usually eaten in chicken
soup. Matzah balls are roughly spherical and
range from fluffy to dense and doughy in
texture; they can be anywhere from a few
centimeters in diameter to the size of a
large orange. They are most commonly served
in chicken broth or soup as "matzah ball
soup," a dish that is somewhat akin to a
soup or thin stew with dumplings.
Matzah balls are a very common Passover food
among Ashkenazic Jews and are sometimes
eaten at other times of year; Sephardic
Jewish customs often vary.
Many families eat knaydlach and chicken soup
every Friday night during the Shabbat
dinner. Other families that do not observe
Shabbat eat knaydlach during the Passover
Seder, thus to many the knaydel is known as
a Passover food.
Matzah balls,
also known as knaydlach (pl.) (knaydel,
singular) in Yiddish, (also matza balls,
matzo balls, or matzoh balls) |
