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South Sudanese Gurassa

Name: South Sudanese Gurassa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: South Sudan
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Dry yeast; 1 tsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt; 350ml Water; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Wheat dough cooked thick — South Sudan's pancake-like bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Gurassa is a thick flatbread made in South Sudan and Sudan: yeasted wheat dough is cooked on a griddle or in a frying pan. Toasty outside and fluffy inside, it's dipped in stew sauces or eaten with tea in the morning.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a kitchen in Juba, South Sudan's capital, thick batter puffs up on a round griddle and the cooked breads are stacked up.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 300g
Dry yeast 1 tsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 350ml
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt and add water to make a smooth batter.
Cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
Lightly oil a frying pan and heat over medium.
Pour in the batter about 1cm thick, cover, and cook 5 minutes.
Flip, cook 3 minutes, and cut to serve.

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