Khubz Muluwah (Yemenite Layered Flatbread)

Ingredients

• •4 cup of all-purpose wheat flour
• •2¼ cup of water
• •1 tbsp salt
• •200 g ghee or melted butter
• •3 tbsp black cumin ( Nigella sativa )

Instructions

1. 1Mix together flour and salt in large bowl.
2. 2Gradually mix in the water to make a dough with a uniform consistency.
3. 3Sprinkle with water, and let dough rest for 45 minutes.
4. 4Begin to work the dough again, stretching it and folding it over onto itself. Cover and let it rest for 15 minutes.
5. 5Place on cutting board, and cut into two equal parts. Shape each piece into a ball.
6. 6Use your hands to flatten the dough on a floured surface. Use a rolling pin to roll it into a very thin round.
7. 7Brush the surface dough with ghee, and sprinkle lightly with black cumin.
8. 8Cut flattened dough into elongated strips and fold one end, lengthwise, over itself. Baste with ghee (or butter) and sprinkle with black cumin.
9. 9Repeat process with other ball of dough.
10. 10After both balls of dough have been flattened out and each one folded over itself in repeated folds (with added ghee and black cumin on each fold), combine the two elongated dough portions, placing one on top of the other.
11. 11Begin to roll up the dough from one end, just as one would do to a sleeping bag. After completely rolled-up, turn it so that it will lay down upon its side (with the coiled rings facing upward).
12. 12Once rolled-up in this fashion, cover and allow the dough to rest 15 minutes.
13. 13Take up dough and brush it with ghee (or butter) and sprinkle a little black cumin over its surface. Once again, roll-out the dough with a rolling pin (maintaining its round shape). Dust the flat surface with flour if needed, to prevent its sticking.
14. 14Take up the flattened dough and place on heated griddle . Add ghee once more and cook until golden on each side.