Homey, comforting and light, these crepes of 1000 holes make a delicious start to a Ramadan iftar (break-fast) meal.
As Arwa pointed out, what a body wants after a day’s fast is light, nutritious food (see Arwa’s list of links to our favorite Iftar recipes). Carbs and something sweet suit the bill, giving that initial, reviving energy until the night’s bigger, festival meal gets underway. To me, that sounds like baghrir.
Baghrir crepes are pierced with lots of little holes, which allows honey and butter to permeate throughout, not only flavor the top. The ingredients are standard pantry items, and the recipe is easy. Tasty, inexpensive and easy – just right for right now. To really refresh, I suggest serving Baghrir with cold almond milk.
Making Baghrir from scratch
Ingredients:
2 cups fine semolina
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 (1/4-ounce) package active dry yeast
¼ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon sugar
1 organic egg or vegan substitute
1 cup warm milk (or almond milk)
2 cups warm water
Method
Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend until you have a smooth batter.
Allow the mixture to rest 1/2 hour. There should be bubbles on the surface when it’s ready to cook.
Heat a medium skillet over medium heat until very hot. Pour a ladle-full of batter onto the skillet, covering the surface.
Cook 1 -2 minutes, until the crepe is dry and has lots of holes. Do not flip the crepes over; they cook on one side only.
Serve with butter and honey or jam, or enjoy just plain.
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Author: Miriam Kresh
Miriam Kresh is an American ex-pat living in Israel. Her love of Middle Eastern food evolved from close friendships with enthusiastic Moroccan, Tunisian and Turkish home cooks. She owns too many cookbooks and is always planning the next meal. Miriam can be reached at miriam (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
Thanks, Miriam. I thought that might be the case, but wanted to be sure. I’ll try these tomorrow!
Randy, I noticed the mistake and fixed it. Go ahead and add the water along with everything else, and blend. I made these crepes last night and they were a hit with the family.
Quick question: you mention putting all ingredients except water in the blender. Do you add tha water as needed? Add All the water once the blender is running? Add the water at another time? At any rate, that was the only thing that confused me. Thanks.
R