Somalia

Canjeero

Name: Canjeero
Prep time: 10 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 10 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Somali
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 cup rice flour; 1 tsp instant dry yeast; 2 tsp sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; Water, about 2 cups, lukewarm; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for the pan

Somali spongy pancake, fermented overnight. Looks like injera, eats like a hug.

30 minTime

6 gProtein each

mildSpice

10hPlan ahead. Soak for 10 hours first; the 30 minutes come after.

The Somali morning1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFermented batter, cooked on one side.

The original

260kcalsame

6 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic canjeero.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Rice flour½ cup

Instant dry yeast1 tsp

Sugar2 tsp

Salt½ tsp

Waterabout 2 cups, lukewarm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for the pan

Method

3 steps

1Whisk flours, yeast, sugar, salt and water into a smooth, thin batter. Cover and leave overnight.
2Heat a flat pan on medium. Pour a ladle in the centre and spread in a spiral with the base of the ladle.
3Cook only on one side until the top is dry and the base light gold.

Serve it like this

Stack warm, drizzle with ghee and a sprinkle of sugar, or tear and serve with suqaar and sweet spiced tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Somalia

Canjeero

Somali spongy pancake, fermented overnight. Looks like injera, eats like a hug.

30 minTime

6 gProtein each

mildSpice

10hPlan ahead. Soak for 10 hours first; the 30 minutes come after.

The Somali morning1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFermented batter, cooked on one side.

The original

260kcalsame

6 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

30minutessame

Classic canjeero.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Rice flour½ cup

Instant dry yeast1 tsp

Sugar2 tsp

Salt½ tsp

Waterabout 2 cups, lukewarm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for the pan

Method

3 steps

1Whisk flours, yeast, sugar, salt and water into a smooth, thin batter. Cover and leave overnight.
2Heat a flat pan on medium. Pour a ladle in the centre and spread in a spiral with the base of the ladle.
3Cook only on one side until the top is dry and the base light gold.

Serve it like this

Stack warm, drizzle with ghee and a sprinkle of sugar, or tear and serve with suqaar and sweet spiced tea.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Canjeero

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Canjeero

Make it your way

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