Name: Manakish Zataar bread recipe by Sarika Singh at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Chapatti flour or all purpose flour 3 cup; Active yeast 1 teaspoon; Sugar 1 teaspoon; Salt 1/2 teaspoon; Luke warm water 3/4 cup; Oil1 tablespoon; Water to knead ( if needed); Zataar spice mix store bought or you can make at home( 2 tbsp of each dry basil leaves, oregano, sumac, roasted sesame seeds and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt, mixed together)1/2 cup; Olive oil, I used less 1/4 cup

ABOUT Manakish Zataar bread RECIPE

Breads are loved by nearly everyone in the world and when it comes to Arabic breads then it's just like icing on cake. I like almost all type of breads, one of them is freshly baked manakish bread. It's light tanginess and unique flavour of Zataar spice mix will leave you speechless. I love this bread and can have at any meal of the day, nothing more is needed to accompany it. It's perfect in itself, full of flavour. It's so yummy and kids friendly too that my fussy eater gobbled a couple of it without nakhrey .

Ingredients Serving: 4

Chapatti flour or all purpose flour 3 cup
Active yeast 1 teaspoon
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Salt 1/2 teaspoon
Luke warm water 3/4 cup
Oil1 tablespoon
Water to knead ( if needed)
Zataar spice mix store bought or you can make at home( 2 tbsp of each dry basil leaves, oregano, sumac, roasted sesame seeds and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt, mixed together)1/2 cup
Olive oil, I used less 1/4 cup

Instructions

First of all mix zataar mix and olive oil and keep aside.
Add sugar in warm water and then mix yeast in it and let it rest for 10-15 mins or till it become frothy. Add salt and oil in flour and knead with yeast and warm water till it become soft, shiny and nonsticky dough. It will take 8 to 10 mins. apply some oil on it and cover with damp cloth, let it rest for 2 hrs in a warm place like in closed microwave/oven or till it doubles it volume.
Now punch the dough and cut in eight equal pieces. Take one piece of dough and roll into thick chapatti using dry flour.
Make indents on it using your fingers.
spread 1 tbsp of zataar mix all over it , leaving little border space.
Place it on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Cover it and place at a warm place for another 15 mins. Till then preheat oven at 200 degree C. Now bake it for 10 mins or till you see little golden colour on its borders.
Similarly bake all the eight breads and serve warm.

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