United Arab Emirates

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

United Arab Emirates

3 recipes

Plain Emirati regag: a paper-thin wheat griddle bread with delicate bubbles and scattered golden-brown spots, lifted at the edge with a palette knife.

Regag (Emirati paper-thin griddle bread)

Regag is a thin Emirati wheat bread cooked on an ungreased pan. This measured home method uses a soft dough that rests covered, then gets spread thin with a palette knife or bench scraper.

United Arab Emirates · Traditional method
· Grains and starches
Three golden, puffy Emirati khameer breads with sesame seeds; one torn to show its soft interior.

Khameer

A source-specific Emirati yeast-and-baking-powder bread: soft dough enriched with dry milk is rolled into four rounds and baked briefly in a 550°F oven until it puffs.

United Arab Emirates · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
A stack of golden Emirati chebab pancakes with porous griddle-marked surfaces beside date syrup.

Chbaab

Emirati saffron-and-cardamom pancakes made from a short-rested yeast batter and cooked on both sides.

United Arab Emirates · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches