Name: Malawach (Flaky Flatbread)
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 kg all-purpose wheat flour; 1/2 cup white granulated sugar; 2 tsp dried yeast; 1 tbsp salt; 2–3 cups lukewarm water; as needed vegetable oil; 200 g melted butter or margarine

Breakfast

12 servings

488 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Combine flour, sugar, yeast and salt; add 2 cups lukewarm water to start and mix.

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Step 2

Knead the dough well, adding more water if necessary until soft and pliable.

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Step 3

Cover the dough and let it rest until it doubles in size.

Step 4

Knead briefly by hand, divide into 12 portions and place on an oiled surface.

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Step 5

Let portions rest until each rises and doubles, oiling the surface occasionally.

Vegetable oil

Step 6

Grease a work surface with oil and roll each piece very large and paper-thin with a rolling pin.

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Step 7

Brush each round liberally with melted butter.

Butter or margarine

Step 8

Fold each round in half, roll it up into a rope and coil the rope into a spiral.

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Step 9

Cover and allow the spirals to rest until they rise and double in size.

Step 10

Roll each spiral out again into a thin round.

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Step 11

Brush again with melted butter and repeat the rolling and coiling process.

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Step 12

Allow the dough to rest once more while covered until it rises.

Step 13

Heat a skillet with a little vegetable oil.

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Step 14

Flatten the dough coils with your hands on a greased surface.

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Step 15

Place flattened portions in the skillet, cover with a lid and fry on medium-low until the bottom is amber.

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Step 16

Flip and fry the reverse side without the lid until cooked through.

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Step 17

Serve hot.

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.