davik

A great accompaniment to most indian dishes or a great snack. with a little work you can turn it into garlic naan or various other flavored versions.

1 cup whole milk
2 tsp suger
2 tbsp yeast
4 cups all purp. flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2/3 cup plain yogurt
1 large egg
butter


Scald the milk, the let it cool to room temperature.
Add suger & yeast stir well

Let the mixture sit till foamy.

Put flour in a large bowl, add salt, baking powder, oil, yogurt, and egg. Mix well

Slowly add the milk-yeast mixture.

Knead the dough till it's smooth, put in greased bowl and cover with a damp cloth; let rise to about twice its previous size (about 1 hour).

Punch the dough down, then cut and roll into approximately12 balls. Roll the balls flat and cook in a skillet with a little oil until golden.

Lightly coat with melted butter.

Cynthetiq

thanks! My old boss loves this stuff

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bermuDa

naan is good, but doesn't compare to ethiopian injera

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davik

So post a recipe so we can all try it

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bermuDa

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking...pe-injera.html They say it better than i could ^_^

Teff isn't a very common grain, almost the entire world supply comes from one farm in ohio. If you can't get ahold of any, you can substitute buckwheat pancake mix, like the recipe in this site.

Naan is almost like a thick flour tortilla, injera is much more spongy (one side actually looks like a sponge), thinner, and as the link says, sour. It's alright to eat by itself, but it works best when used as an eating utensil. The taste of the bread plays off the other dishes quite nicely.

In my opinion there's no better eating experience than taking a piece of injera, and scooping up a healthy handful of doro wat and some kitfo =d too bad ethiopian restaurants are hard to come by these days, it's a rare treat for me and my dad to make a full ethiopian meal at home.

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davik

Don't suppose we could get you to post the recipes for some of the ethiopian foods? Can't say I've ever really had ethiopian, but I'm always game for trying something new

zenmaster10665

naan is the best...but damn...looks a bit complicated! When they say "scald" what does that exactly mean?

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davik

Scalding the milk means that you heat it up till it's just starting to get bubbles around the edge of the pot, then take it off the heat. Basically raising it to ~boiling temperature for a short period of time.

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hansthemolemann

ah, I love naan bread, have to make it one of these days

bermuDa

google ethiopian recipes and voila!

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zenmaster10665

Cool! Thanks!

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