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Lahoh - Spongy Yemenite Bread
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Lahoh - Spongy Yemenite Bread – Vegan version

A traditional Yemenite bread with a unique spongy texture, cooked over low heat on one side only Vegan version: Flax egg (1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg).

⏱ 1 hr 40 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Add the flax egg and lukewarm water and mix into a thin, smooth batter, not a dough.
    Whisk
  3. 3
    Cover and Let rise 1 hour at room temperature, until the batter is full of bubbles.
    ⚙ ProofingPlastic wraporKitchen towel
  4. 4
    Heat a medium-large pan Over low heat.
    ⚙ Greased Flat PanStoveFrying pan
  5. 5
    Pour about 5 tbsp of batter into the pan and spread it into a thin round.
    Ladle
  6. 6
    Cook covered for about 8–10 minutes on one side only, without flipping, until the top is full of bubbles and the edges look dry.
    Stove
    💡Don't flip the lahoh: the top cooks in the steam rising from the batter and stays soft and full of holes, while only the bottom browns.
  7. 7
    Serve hot with honey.
180calories
6 gprotein
35 gcarbs
1 gfat
● protein 13%● carbs 81%● fat 6%

Per serving (114 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Ladle · Also works: Measuring cup (Cup) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Slow)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

🧻 Consumables: Kitchen towel or Plastic wrap

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