Kuboos is more commonly known as Arabian Pita/Arabian Bread. Kuboos is used to make rolls and wraps and served with several curries and gravies. More often, kuboos are used to wrap shawarma rolls.
You can cook this recipe with a non-stick pan so you can savor this treat even without an oven! Make sure you store kuboos in an insulated casserole, so your wraps will stay warm until it’s time to serve.
Health Benefits
Kuboos is made of wheat flour. It is guaranteed to keep you quite warm and fulfilled throughout the day. Unless consumed excessively, it is one of the healthiest breads to have with any curry. Basically, it is a fiber-rich staple among the Arabs. With kuboos, you can have any of your favorite green veggies wrapped up in it and not worry about any extra calories making their way to you! You can even have kuboos plain or with curd.
Ingredients
cup all-purpose flour: 4
Flour for dusting and rolling: 1/2 cup
warm water: 1/2 cup
Dry active yeast: 1/2 tsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
cup milk: 1
Ghee/Cooking Oil: 1 tbsp
salt to taste
How To Make Kuboos
- Dissolve the sugar and yeast in half a cup of warm water and set it aside for ten minutes until you see it foaming slightly.
- Grab a mixing bowl. Pour the all-purpose flour in the bowl and add the frothy warm water and salt to it.
- Knead the mixture with your hands while adding warm milk to it gradually. Keep at it until soft dough has been prepared. Add more milk or flour depending on the texture of dough. It should not be stiff.
- Now pull it out of the mixture bowl and place it on a flat surface with little flour on it. Knead it flat on that surface with your knuckles then make a big ball from it and put it back inside the mixture bowl.
- Brush the dough with ghee or cooking oil then set it aside for a minimum of two hours.
- After two hours, inspect the dough closely to see if it has inflated more than its previous size. If it has, it’s ready.
- Make 12 small balls from the dough.
- Take each ball and roll it like a chapatti or parotta to get a round shape. Make sure the sides and centre of the dough are completely flat.
- Heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat. Once your Kuboos is flat, put it in the pan and let it cook for a couple of minutes while pressing it with a spoon as it swells up. Flip it to cook the other side. Again, wait for a couple of minutes as it swells up. Do the same to the remaining balls of the dough.
- Pull it out and serve it hot with your favorite gravy!
Trivia
- Kuboos is new to the Middle Eastern Flavor
- It is originally an Arabian dish that is called Khubuz.
It goes by many names in contemporary Middle Eastern, Asian and Italian dishes such as Tortilla Bread, Pita Bread, Panini Bread etc.
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