🇾🇪 Yemen cuisine · #3

Bint al-Sahn

Bint al-Sahn
Time90 min
Serves8
Ingredients8

Paper-thin layers of dough brushed with ghee, baked until puffed and drenched in honey with black seed — the queen of Yemeni sweets.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Knead flour, eggs, milk, yeast and salt to a soft dough; rest an hour.
  2. Divide into 12 balls and roll each paper-thin.
  3. Stack in a round tin, brushing every layer with ghee.
  4. Glaze with egg and sprinkle nigella.
  5. Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes, then pour over warm honey.