Jabab

Thin saffron pancakes cooked lacy on one side.

Ingredients

• 2 cups Flour
• 2 cups Milk
• 1 Egg
• 3 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Yeast
• 1 pinch Saffron
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Butter

Method

1. Make the batter — Whisk the flour, milk, egg, sugar, yeast, saffron, cardamom and salt into a thin batter.
2. Ferment — Cover and leave 1 hour until bubbles rise to the surface.
3. Heat the pan — Get a flat griddle hot and wipe it with butter.
4. Cook one side — Pour a ladle and swirl thin; cook until the surface fills with tiny holes and sets — jabab is never flipped.
5. Jabab is ready — Fold in quarters and serve with cream cheese, date syrup or honey.

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