“asking a loved one if they’ve eaten is the ultimate Arab auntie way of showing care and affection” I had the pleasure of chatting and cooking with Nadeen Kharputy, as she shared her Mom’s recipe for Manaeesh zaatar.
Manaeesh zaatar-flatbread
Description
Manaeesh zaatar, a delicious flatbread from the Middle East
Ingredients
Instructions
- Instructions
- Mixture 1
- Mix the instant yeast, 1 cups of flour, warm water, tablespoon sugar, milk or milk, baking powder together.
- Wait for a few minutes bubbles start to form on the surface of the mixture.
- While waiting, combine the remaining
- Mixture 2
- 1 and 1/2 cups of flour, vegetable oil and salt.
- Once the first mixture begins to bubble, mix the second group of ingredients into the first group.
- Once mixed, cover the dough with a kitchen towel and wait for it to double in size, (depending on the temperature in your kitchen this can generally take anywhere from 30 minutes to a hour).
- Once the dough has risen, preheat oven to 375F
- Divide the dough into 12 round balls and then flatten them with the palm of your hands, or a roller.
- In a small bowl, combine the za’atar with the olive oil and spread a tsp onto each piece of flatbread.
- Bake at 375 for 12 or, until the dough begins to rise and large mounds form on surface.
Arabic food
