Kahk

Name: Kahk (Savoury Bracelets)
Ingredients: 1 kg (2 lb) strong flour; ½–1 tablespoon ground cumin; ½–1 tablespoon ground coriander; 250 g (8 oz) margarine; 1–1½ tablespoons salt (or less); About 1 teacup tepid water; Pinch of sugar; 60 g (2 oz) fresh yeast or 30 g (1 oz) dried yeast; 60 g (2 oz) fresh yeast or 30 g (1 oz) dried yeast; 1 egg, lightly beaten; Sesame seeds

Savoury Bracelets

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Three recipes for ‘ka’ ak’ are given in the medieval Kittab al Wusla il al Habib. Here is a modern recipe. It makes rather a large quantity but they keep for a long time in a box.

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb) strong flour
60 g (2

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl. Dissolve the yeast in a little of the tepid water, add a small pinch of sugar and let it stand in a warm place for about 10 minutes until it begins to bubble. Melt the margarine (used instead of butter as it does not become rancid) and let it cool.

Season the flour with salt, cumin and coriander to taste – I prefer the larger quantity given – mix