UAE

Khameer

Name: Khameer
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Emirati
Ingredients: 4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 3 tbsp sugar; 2 tsp instant dry yeast; 1 1/4 cups warm milk; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp cardamom; a pinch soaked saffron; 1 tsp fennel seeds; Sesame seeds, to top; 1 1/2 tbsp ghee; 1 tsp salt

Soft, saffron scented bread with fennel. Emirati breakfast's best friend.

120 minTime

9 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayEmirati saffron bread.

The original

310kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

120minutessame

The original khameer.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Sugar3 tbsp

Instant dry yeast2 tsp

Milk1¼ cups, warm

Egg1

Cardamom½ tsp

Saffrona pinch, soaked

Fennel seeds1 tsp

Sesame seedsto top

Ghee1½ tbsp

Salt1 tsp

Method

4 steps

1Mix flour, sugar, yeast, cardamom, fennel and salt. Add egg, saffron and milk and knead into a soft dough with the ghee.
2Cover and rise until doubled.
3Divide into 8, flatten into thick discs, sprinkle sesame and rest 15 minutes.
4Cook on a covered tawa over low heat, turning once, until golden on both sides.

Serve it like this

Stack warm in a basket under a cloth. Serve with date syrup, honey, cream cheese and karak chai.

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Khameer

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