Shkedei marak

Shkedei marak
	Shkedei marak
Alternative names	Soup mandel
Place of origin	Israel
Main ingredients	Flour, palm oil

Shkedei marak (Hebrew: שקדי מרק, lit. 'soup almonds'), known as mandlakh (Yiddish: מאַנדלאַך or מאַנדלעך, lit. 'little almonds') in Yiddish, or as "soup mandels" or "soup nuts" in the United States,^[1]^[2] is an Israeli food product consisting of crisp mini crouton used as a soup accompaniment.^[3] Shkedei marak are small yellow squares made from flour and palm oil. As a parve product, they can be used in either meat or cream soups. Despite the name, they contain no almonds.

^ Shkedei marak marketed as Soup Mandel in the U.S. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ O'Leary, Joanna (2022-08-22). "Why Jews Are So Obsessed with Soup Nuts". MyJewishLearning.
^ Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel, Yael Raviv

[1] Shkedei marak marketed as Soup Mandel in the U.S. Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

[mjl-2] O'Leary, Joanna (2022-08-22). "Why Jews Are So Obsessed with Soup Nuts". MyJewishLearning.

[3] Falafel Nation: Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel, Yael Raviv

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