Jabab with Date Molasses (Emirati pancake bread)

Recipe No.: E-58

Emirati60 minServes 4

Jabab, also spelled chebab or chbaab, is a thick Emirati pancake of flour, milk and yeast flavoured with saffron and cardamom and served with date syrup or cheese. It is eaten at breakfast and during Ramadan.

Ingredients for Jabab with Date Molasses

• 1 cupall-purpose flour
• ½ tspinstant yeast
• 1 tbspsugar
• ½ tspground cardamom
• A pinch ofsaffron soaked in 1 tbsp warm milk
• 1egg
• 1 cup(240 ml) warm milk
• 1 tbspoil or melted ghee, plus a little for greasing
• A pinch ofsalt
• Date syrup to serve (cream cheese or honey also work)

Method

1. Combine the flour, yeast, sugar, cardamom and salt in a bowl.
2. Beat the egg with the milk, saffron and oil, pour over the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
3. Cover and leave for 30 to 45 minutes until small bubbles appear.
4. Heat a pan over medium heat, grease lightly and pour ¼ cup of batter for each pancake.
5. Cook until bubbles form on the surface and the edges brown, then flip and cook 1 to 2 minutes more.
6. Serve warm with date syrup.

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