Khubz Abbas

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

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Method

In Iraq minced meat is mixed into the bread dough before it is baked.

A note in Recipes from Baghdad says: ‘A vow to make khubz Abbas as a thanks offering on the fulfilment of one’s wish is generally taken at the time of acute anxiety, such as the illness of a beloved relative. In the ev