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Bohobe

Name: Bohobe
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Lesotho
Ingredients: 400g Bread flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 250ml Lukewarm water; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Side Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Fluffy bread steamed in a pot — Lesotho's homestyle steamed bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bohobe is Sesotho for bread, and Lesotho homes often make yeasted dough steamed in a pot. It can be made even without an oven and is fluffy and chewy. It's dipped in stew or set on the Sunday table.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Lesotho kitchen, the lid comes off a pot of simmering water to reveal a plump, round steamed bread in a cloud of steam.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Bread flour 400g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Lukewarm water 250ml
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt in a bowl, add the lukewarm water and oil, and knead.
Knead 10 minutes until smooth and let rise 1 hour until doubled.
Punch down, shape into a ball, place in an oiled heatproof bowl, and rest 20 minutes.
Set the bowl in a large pot of hot water and cover.
Steam over medium-low heat for 1 hour, then remove and slice.

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