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Meloui - Moroccan Flaky Bread Recipe

Course Breads, Flat Bread
Cuisine International, Moroccan
Servings 2 Breads

Ingredients
  

  • All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp
  • Water - as needed
  • Ghee / Butter - 2 tbs
  • Oil-2 tbs

Instructions
 

  • Mix together flour, salt and add enough water to make a slightly sticky dough.
  • COver and set it aside for 15 minutes.
  • Now knead the dough for 2-3 minutes until it is soft, smooth and pliable.
  • Cover and set aside for another 15 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into two equal portions and shape them into logs.
  • Mix together room temperature butter and oil in a bowl.
  • Roll and stretch the log of dough into a thin rope.
  • Now take some oil mixture in the fingers and apply it on the rope while at the same time flatten it.
  • Keep on doing it until you are done with the whole rope.
  • Now take oil in the fingers and apply it on the stretched dough and stretch it even more so that it becomes transparent.
  • Even if some hole appear, it is fine.
  • Keep on stretching with oil mix until you are done with the whole portions.
  • Now gather the stretched dough and make coil in your hand. Refer the pictures to get a clear idea.
  • Once you get a disc of gathered dough, place it on a plate and cover and set aside.
  • Finish the remaining dough.
  • Heat a tawa and place a disc on it. Stretch it with the fingers to get a thin bread.
  • Cook both sides until golden and flaky. Drizzle some ghee or oil if needed.
  • Once completely cooked, remove the bread and repeat with the other.
  • Serve it with a spicy curry of your choice.