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| Maloonga ~A Flat Bread From Yemen |
This week I am doing International Flatbreads. My first thought
was Aloo paratha, naan but Valli had said no Pakistan, India!
My first thought was not fair Valli I don’t have the time!
but then Valli is not forcing me to sign up. I am doing it because I want to so
explore beyond the boundaries and comfort zone. So here is my contribution to
our exploration of flat breads.
but then Valli is not forcing me to sign up. I am doing it because I want to so
explore beyond the boundaries and comfort zone. So here is my contribution to
our exploration of flat breads.
If you want to see what a flatbread is and what a diverse
variety of flatbreads India has then check this out.
variety of flatbreads India has then check this out.
Today I take you to Yemen and Malooga a Yemeni flat bread.
Apparently this is a very common yeasted flatbread in Yemen
that is eaten with eggs, buttermilk, fasoolia and it is used in the Yemeni
Ramadan dish called shafuta. But getting any documented history is difficult.
that is eaten with eggs, buttermilk, fasoolia and it is used in the Yemeni
Ramadan dish called shafuta. But getting any documented history is difficult.
In Yemen, it is baked in a taboon to
me it looks like a tandoor.
me it looks like a tandoor.
Traditionally a makhbaza is used to apply the malooga to the
hot pan. The makhbaza is a round, domed tool that you place the malooga on. You
pick it up from the bottom which has a handle, and with one swift motion, you
smack the malooga on the hot pan or the taboon.
hot pan. The makhbaza is a round, domed tool that you place the malooga on. You
pick it up from the bottom which has a handle, and with one swift motion, you
smack the malooga on the hot pan or the taboon.
Since we cannot get a makhbaza, bake it like pizza crust.
I took the picture with the girls being extremely hungry and irritable for a delayed dinner, so that calls for a trail again for better pictures.
I took the picture with the girls being extremely hungry and irritable for a delayed dinner, so that calls for a trail again for better pictures.
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| Maloonga ~A Flat Bread From Yemen |
Malooga
Recipe Source: Here
Ingredients:
- 2 cups warm water
- 2 ½ tsp active yeast
- 5- 6 cups flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup semn,
warmed - 2 tbsp oil
Method:
- Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water and proof it.
- To the 5 cups of flour and salt add the water as needed. Mix with hand, adding more
flour if needed to form a stiff dough. - Knead for at least 10 minutes or until dough is smooth, not
sticky, and pliable. - Cover dough, and place in a draft-free place. Set aside for 1 hour or until
risen. - On a surface sprinkled with flour, cut dough into mounds( the recommendation
was of the size of what you do for a large pizza suit yourself). Let sit for 5
min. - Preheat oven at250°C/ 550° F.
- Mix the warmed semn with oil in a small bowl. Prepare a
large surface by sprinkling flour. Place one of the mounds on the surface and
pat down and stretch into a rectangle, 1/2 an inch thick (about 20 x 15). I used
a rolling pin. - Brush or smear with your hand the entire
surface with the semn-oil mix. - Fold dough in half
towards you. Brush the top surface with semn-oil mix and fold it in half
towards you again. Brush with semn-oil mix and fold in half sideways. Brush
again. Fold sideways and brush with mix again. Finally brush surface and pinch
corners together to form a ball. - Place ball on the
floured pan and, move on to the next one. - By the time you have finished layering the last one, the
first layered dough would be ready for baking because it had time to rest. - Pat down the dough mound into a large round the size of a
thick large pizza and place into a greased baking sheet. Brush and egg wash (1
egg + 2 tablespoons milk) or buttermilk on top. - Bake in hot oven until bottom
is brown and top has brown spots (it won’t fully brown).
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are my regular visitor then Thanks, for you encourage me to experiment more!! I
would like you to please click on my link below and like my Facebook Page.
I will be happy if you can follow me on on Twitter too!
looks nice; would like to dip it in something hot and spicy 🙂
Wow archana amazed at you taking this theme. And what an amazing bread, must try it.
No one is as amazed as me Vaishali!! You know how I am when it comes to using the rolling pin. Still between Pradnya's Bhakari and your Choor choor roti I have gained some confidence. Thanks a lot!!
Wow, this maloonga looks fantabulous and this bread just rocks.
hahahah..you don't know..next time you don't sign up, I will anyway write down your name ok!..that's a beautiful bread..and yes pls don't remind me of Pradnya's bakri and Vaishali chur chur roti..want them now!
Interesting bread. Well made too.
Very interesting bread .Nice one..
This is so new to me Archana.Nice bread and as Srivalli says don't remind me of those dishes we had there.Makes me hungry all over again!!!!