Dishes · Malabar food glossary
Mutta Maala
Also known as: Egg garland, Muttamala
Fine threads of egg yolk spun through hot sugar syrup — a Malabar sweet traditionally served with mutta surka.
Mutta Maala ("egg garland") is made by passing beaten egg yolks through a perforated container into boiling sugar syrup, where they set into delicate golden threads that are then gathered and lifted out before they overcook.
It is the partner sweet to mutta surka (the egg-white cake) — together they form one dish that uses the whole egg, and a centrepiece of Mappila celebration tables.