Ancient Egyptian Bread Recipe
This bread is round, 15-20 cms in diameter and 1-2 cms thick, and is backed with whole wheat.
There are two types of ‘Eesh baladi’ – Egyptial Local Bread:
machine-made and hand-made.
Hand-made bread is enriched with a thin layer of bran sprinkled on the lower layer.
A Recipe for Egyptian Bread
Make the dough and bake the bread in one to two hours.
Ingredient for Ancient Egyptian Bread Recipe
1) 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour.
2) 7 oz. water.
3) 1/2 tsp. salt.
4) 1/4 oz. Dry Yeast.
Bake Like an Egyptian
1) Put flour and salt in an oversized bowl.
2) Mix Dry Yeast with the water.
3) Slowly add water.
4) Take turns kneading the dough.
5) Spread flour on a clean, flat surface.
6) Roll dough into small balls.
7) Form balls into flat round shapes or triangles.
8) Cover with a cloth for one to two hours only.
In one to two hours:
Bake bread on a greased sheet for 30 minutes at 350 Degree heat.
That’s the traditional ancient Egyptian Bread Recipe.
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Hi — thanks for this recipe. Do you know if there a way to convert it to do it in the bread machine?
The bread didnt turn out like the one in the picture, it still tasted really good. I need to know how long ago it was made. I need to know for a school project
Hi,
In the real world Egyptian do not made Bread on our modern ovens, they actually use ovens made from breaks and mud
For the information you request, I guess you can check these two links, it might help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_cuisine
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/bread.htm
Regards,
Sameh
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Wrong, you shouldn’t use yeast in old ancient egyptian recipe.
Dear Amai, thank you for your information, if you have a modification/version of the recipe please share it with us.
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Hi, Thank you for your recipe.
Will you please confirm that the ancient Egyptians used yeast in their bread.
Thank you.
Thank,
I think they did, kindly check these resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker's_yeast
http://www.dakotayeast.com/yeast_history.html