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Dec 20, 2008

Kubaneh

This Sfardic bread dish is amazingly good served with Yemenite soup

  • 5 cups of flour (use half whole wheat)
  • make a well and add 2.5 tsp yeast, tbl salt, tbl sugar
  • Add 2 cups of warm water and whip the dough
Don't be alarmed, its a wet dough.
*tip: wet hand in water before whipping
  • Repeat whipping every half hour 3 times
  • pour oil on the counter and roll out dough into flat sheet
  • pour a little oil on the dough and roll it, cup into 6 sections
  • place pieces at bottom of an oiled tall pot and let rise unti 3/4 high
  • bake covered on bottom shelf on 350 for an hour or until crispy

Chanukah Suf Ganiot (donuts)

  • 3 cups of flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • dash of salt
  • 4 tbl. sugar
  • 1 cup yogurt (or sour cream if you aren't counting)
  • 1 cup milk
drop spoon full into canola oil
roll in powdered sugar
eat immediately!

Parve recipe:
  • 1 ounce yeast
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp water
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 3 cups margarine
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • dash salt
  • 1 1/4 cup warm water
  • filling (chocolate spread, jelly)
  • oil
  • powdered sugar
mix flour, yeast. water, sugar and let rise
combine with the rest and let rise
fry, fry, fry

Zadok's Zucchini Cake

(Add ingredients in this order)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup of dark sugar (substitute with other sweetener)
  • 3/4 cup oil
Beat it
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • salt
  • cinn
  • all spice or nutmeg
  • 1 cup flour (whole wheat)
  • 2 cups of grated zucchini (or carrot)
  • add craisens or walnuts (optional)
bake for 350 for hour

Emiliano's Salsa

By popular demand (Em I hope you dont mind ;)

Roast about a dozen small tomatoes
Roast about a head of garlic
throw it into a blender with
-half of raw onion
-mad salt
- 3 or 4 or 5 (depends on your tolerance) chipotle chilis
(I like to add lime, but that's not official)