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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, and warm in oven on low heat. | 2. Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water, add remaining water and stir in salt and sugar. | 3. Remove about 2 cups of the flour from the bowl, set aside. | 4. Pour yeast liquid into centre and stir in some flour to make a thick liquid. | 5. Cover with a cloth and leave in warm place till frothy. | 6. Stir in the rest of the flour, adding oil gradually, then beat till smooth, either by hand for 10 min, or with electric mixer using dough hook for 5 min. | 7. Sprinkle some of the reserved flour onto a board, turn out dough and knead for 10 min, using more flour as required. | 8. Dough is ready when it's smooth, satiny with a slightly wrinkled texture. | 9. Shape dough into a ball. | 10. Oil bowl, put dough in smooth side down, then turn to coat with oil. | 11. Cover and let rise till doubled in bulk, about 1-1 1/2 hours. | 12. Preheat oven at 500 F (260 C). | 13. Punch down the dough and turn out onto lightly floured board. | 14. Knead for a min or so, then divide into 8 equal pieces, rolling each into a ball. | 15. Roll each piece into a 25 cm (10 in) round and place on a lightly floured cloth. | 16. Cover with another cloth and leave about 20 min. | 17. Heat large baking sheet or flat griddle on the lowest shelf on electric oven, in a gas oven select the section with the most even heat. | 18. Place a round on a lightly floured baking sheet with one flat edge or on a piece of plywood, spreading it evenly. | 19. Shake to ensure that it will slide off easily. | 20. Rub heated baking sheet or riddle with wad of paper towel dipped in oil then slide dough onto it. | 21. Bake in hot oven for 4-5 min till it puffs like a balloon. | 22. If you'd like it browned on top, turn quickly and leave for a min. | 23. Remove bread and wrap in cloth to keep warm and soft. | 24. Rep with rem loaves. | 25. (note) If desired, you can use an electric fry pan. | 26. Preheat it on the highest setting with lid on, vent closed. | 27. When heated, oil base quickly& slide dough onto base. | 28. Cover& cook for 3 min, turn bread, recover and cook another 2 min, about. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour	6	cups		3469.68	759.6324	56.406000000000006	13.4616
active yeast	1	package		-	-	-	-
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	teaspoon		18.354	4.5908	0.0	0.0
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.