Manakish Za'atar (Lebanese Flatbread)
Manakish Za'atar is a Flatbread from the Levantine cuisine where the dough is sprinkled with Za'atar (Spice mix made of sesame-sumac-oregano) and is great for breakfast or as a dinner along with some falafel or hummus.
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Servings: 5 Breads
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 2 Cups All Purpose Flour/Plain Flour/ Maida
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Active Dry Yeast
- 3/4 tsp Salt (or to taste)
- 1/2-1 Cup Lukewarm Water (Do not add extra hot water, it will kill the yeast)
- 1/4 Cup Za'atar Spice
For the Za'atar Spice (Makes about 1/4 cup)
- 1/2 tbsp Dried Oregano (or 1 tbsp fresh chopped Oregano)
- 1 tbsp Sumac
- 1 tbsp Ground Cumin (Jeera Powder)
- 1 tbsp Sesame Seeds
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3/4-1 tsp Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
To make the dough
- Add Lukewarm water in a bowl. Add sugar and yeast in it and let it bloom for 10 minutes.
- Your yeast should bloom, if not please discard and start again, or else your dough will not puff up.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, salt,2 tablespoon of olive oil and bloomed yeast mixture.
- Using a stand mixer or your hand knead the dough well until it forms a soft round ball and is springy to touch.
- Coat the dough with some oil and place it in the bowl.
- Cover and let it rest in a warm surface until double in size. About 1 hour +
Za'atar Spice
- Mix all the ingredients mentioned for Za'atar spice and store it in an air tight container, if making in advance.
Assemble and Bake the Bread
- Add the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil in the Za'atar Spice and mix everything well.
- Divide the dough into equal portions. (I was able to make 5 equal size breads from this)
- Roll each into 1/4 inch thickness disc.
- Gently spread the Olive oil mixed Za'atar spice on top of each disc. It should stick to the dough.
- Let them rest for 15-20 minutes so that they puff up. Just look how beautifully have they puffed up.
- In the meanwhile preheat the oven to 180 C.
- Once preheated bake them for 8-10 minutes. I baked at 180 C for 8 minutes and then increased the heat to 200 and baked for another 2 minutes, until lightly brown.
- Ideally breads like this are best baked at 200 C, but my oven gets hot very quickly, so I tend to increase the heat only later. You are a better judge of your oven so please check.
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