noun
- a small ball of matzo meal and other ingredients, typically served in soup, especially in Jewish cuisine
Usage: also spelled knaidl or knaidlach (plural); Yiddish origin; commonly served in chicken soup during Passover
Examples
- The chicken soup was served with fluffy knaidels.
- She made knaidels from scratch for the Passover seder.
- A bowl of warm broth with knaidels is a traditional Jewish comfort food.
- The recipe calls for matzo meal, eggs, and fat to make knaidels.
- Grandmother's knaidels were always light and tender.