Homemade Arabic bread: a delicious (and very easy) recipe to enjoy with the family

Ingredients

  • 500 grams of common flour
  • 25 grams of 
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 250 grams of warm water
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1- To start, we have to make a ferment. This is made by placing the yeast in a cup, adding a pinch of flour, a tsp. of sugar and half a glass of warm water. We mix well and reserve well covered for 10 minutes.

2- After time, put a sieve in a bowl and sift the flour, sugar and flour. We mix these ingredients well.

3- In this mixture, make a well in the center and add the oil. We mix a little and pour all the ferment together with the water and mix well.

4- We knead this dough well for at least 5 minutes. Then we divide the dough into 8/10 buns and cover it with a dry cloth, let it rest for about 30 minutes.

5- Then, sprinkle the countertop a little and knead each bun for at least 7 minutes or until the dough is soft and elastic.

6- We put each bun on a plate suitable for the oven (it is important to leave space for each bun) and with the help of the base of a plate, we flatten it one by one until we obtain the traditional flat shape.

7- We send the bread to a preheated oven at 180ºC for about 10 minutes. After 5 min, increase between 200 to 220ºC.

Cooking time may vary for several reasons. The important thing is that they look golden brown when you take them out.

Recommendation:

You can consume this bread as soon as it comes out of the oven, if not, you can choose to store it in airtight bags for 4 days.

They can also be frozen with the same airtight bags and eaten whenever you want. I recommend taking them out for 5 hours and leaving them at room temperature. Once defrosted, we give it 5 minutes in a medium oven and the result is the same as when you just prepared them.

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