If you are fortunate enough to live near a Lebanese takeaway then you will appreciate that you have, on your doorstep, one of the most wonderful cuisines in the world, full of exciting flavours and textures. Lebanese food is predominantly eaten with a type of flatbread and this serves as a scoop to replace the western cutlery. Not only does this provide an alternative for the knife and fork but it also requires no washing up afterwards. So if you have tried the wonderful breads from your local Lebanese takeaway, you may have wondered about how the bread is made and if you can reproduce it at home. Well, the bread is very simple to make and here’s how:

For the ingredients, gather together:
 
1 packet active dry yeast
¼ cup warm water
1 tsp sugar
3 ¾ cups of flour
1 tsp salt
1 ¼ cups cold water
¼ cup oil
 
 
To make the takeaway bread, begin by mixing the yeast and sugar in a quarter cup of warm water and leave to rest until it doubles in size. Now place the flour in a food processor bowl, add salt and the yeast mixture.  Mix the cold water with oil so that you have about one and a half cups of liquid and then slowly pour it into the food processor and let the processor run until the dough forms into a ball.
Now remove the dough, shape it into a ball and cover its surface with oil. Wrap the dough in cling film and place in a warm place – the dough will double in size. Divide it into smaller orange sized balls, roll lightly with flour, cover with cling film again and leave for 30 minutes. Pat the resulting balls into rounds of about half an inch in thickness. Place on a baking tray and bake in a pre-heated oven at 375 degrees until lightly browned. This will take about 15 minutes. Finally, brush the tops with cool water to keep them soft.

That’s all there is to it! Now order up some great dishes from your Lebanese takeaway such as a deep rich lamb stew and use the bread to scoop up the stew and transfer it into your mouth. You’ll find that cutlery has never tasted so good!

The bread can also be frozen for the next time you have friends round and you decide to eat Lebanese – just take it out in plenty of time to defrost thoroughly and naturally and you find that it tastes just as fresh as the day it was made.

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