Muhalla

Sweet yeasted flatbread cooked on a griddle and eaten with date syrup.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Flour
• 1½ cups Milk
• 1 Egg
• 4 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tsp Yeast
• 1 tsp Cardamom
• 1 pinch Saffron
• ½ tsp Salt
• 3 tbsp Ghee
• ¼ cup Date syrup

Method

1. Make the batter — Whisk the flour, milk, egg, sugar, yeast, cardamom, saffron and salt into a thick pouring batter.
2. Ferment — Cover and rest 90 minutes until risen and bubbly.
3. Heat the griddle — Warm a flat pan over medium heat and wipe with ghee.
4. Cook — Pour a ladle and spread into a thick round; cook until the top sets and holes form, then turn once.
5. Muhalla is ready — Brush with ghee and serve warm with date syrup.

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