My new landlord is Iranian. One morning, he asked for my help with his computer, and he was eating some kind of flatbread and drinking tea when I got there. He offered me a sample of the bread, and it was delicious. It turns out that that kind of bread - Nan-e Barbari - and tea (and, sometimes, feta cheese) are the traditional breakfast in Iran.
After a bit of research, I decided to try two recipes to see how they would do. This web page and this video. Since the video made a MUCH greater quantity, but wasn't too big a difference in the recipe, I tried the web-page recipe today, and shall try the video recipe later.
That recipe worked out very well, but the big test came when I called my landlord and told him I had a surprise for him. When he came over and I handed him a piece of the bread, his eyes lit up as a kid's at Christmas time! He said the taste and the texture were great and suggested I consider selling the bread locally. In addition, the sample of the bread that he had originally given me was something he had brought back from a recent trip to the States and there isn't any local source where he can get it, either, so maybe I'll be able to count him as a customer.
Even with such a great review from someone who knows Nan-e Barbari, I'll still be trying the other recipe. In fact, it could be even better, if I wind up needing to make a large batch.
This is also going to lead to another experiment, since my landlord also suggested I try making lavash.
Pretty cool!
After a bit of research, I decided to try two recipes to see how they would do. This web page and this video. Since the video made a MUCH greater quantity, but wasn't too big a difference in the recipe, I tried the web-page recipe today, and shall try the video recipe later.
That recipe worked out very well, but the big test came when I called my landlord and told him I had a surprise for him. When he came over and I handed him a piece of the bread, his eyes lit up as a kid's at Christmas time! He said the taste and the texture were great and suggested I consider selling the bread locally. In addition, the sample of the bread that he had originally given me was something he had brought back from a recent trip to the States and there isn't any local source where he can get it, either, so maybe I'll be able to count him as a customer.
Even with such a great review from someone who knows Nan-e Barbari, I'll still be trying the other recipe. In fact, it could be even better, if I wind up needing to make a large batch.
This is also going to lead to another experiment, since my landlord also suggested I try making lavash.
Pretty cool!
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?