Kuwaiti date bread

I'd like to share this amazing sweet flat bread made with date paste  

This Kuwaiti bread can found in so many counties like Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Qatar and Iraq 

The dough should be sticky while kneading but it will firm up after proofing 

You can make it as small or as big you like 

This recipe will yield 10 pieces 

I got this recipe from a famous cookbook author in Kuwait

 

Ingredients: 

2 ½ cups brown flour/ whole wheat flour  

1/2 cup white flour/ all purpose flour 

2 tablespoons of milk powder 

2 tablespoons of sugar 

1 tablespoon dry yeast 

1/2 teaspoon anise powder spice 

1/4 teaspoon salt 

1/4 cup corn oil 

4 tablespoons of water 

2-3 tablespoons of date molasses 

1 cup date pate made of  (1/4 cup dates soaked in 1 1/4 cup hot water, then mashed well ) 

On top :nigella seed , sesame seed, fennel seed, or anise 

  

Direction: 

- Mix the dry ingredients , then add the liquid and knead it well by hand for 5 minutes, then cover it well and let it ferment for two hours or more until it doubles in size 

- Divide the dough  into 10 pieces and then rolled - spread each ball on its surface sprinkled with flour and put a little sesame or anise on it, then spread it in the form of a circular disk with a thickness of 1/2 cm 

Bake in a very hot oven or on cast iron skillet rotate in both side  

Serve with cup of tea , honey for extra sweetness or feta cheese 

ELBA .. Kuwaiti flan or custard pudding

      Elba  is a traditional dessert from Kuwait .. they used to make  with Colostrums  (also known as first milk ) of cows or goats  because of  its benefits and the amount of protein it has ( poor baby ) but nowadays we’re using regular milk to make it , I prefer the dried kind  and it should be full fat milk otherwise  creme fresh or thick cream ” gaimer ” should be added to the recipe

This is my mom recipe and it so easy ,so affordable and so tasty

    ” some recipe called for caramelized sugar in the bottom of  the pot  ” as Crème caramel ” other called for nigella seed or ” ḥabbat al-barakah”

You can substitute the condensed milk with the same amount of sugar or  stevia

All you need:

6 large eggs

1 cup condensed milk

2 cups of powdered ( dried ) milk

5 cups of water

Ground cardamom & saffron to taste

How to make it

So easy .. preheat the oven to 200-210 c

mix all ingredient

Pour it in ramekin or pyrex or any container  with a lid   then place it in water  bath  ” bain marie” in the oven for hour and half

Let it cool completely in the fridge before serving ( preferably overnight)   :)