Spongy bread originated from Yemen
Lahoh/Canjeero |
Alternative names | Lahooh, Laxoox, Canjeero, and Canjeelo |
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Type | Flatbreads/Pancake |
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Place of origin | Greater Somalia and Arabian Peninsula |
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Region or state | East Africa and Middle East |
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Main ingredients | Plain flour, Sorghum flour, Wheat flour, Self-rising flour, White cornmeal/cornflour, Water, Yeast, Salt |
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Variations | Cambaabur, Laxoox Abu-Beed |
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Lahoh (Arabic: لحوح, romanized: laḥūḥ [laħuːħ], Somali: laxoox (𐒐𐒖𐒄𐒝𐒄) or canjeero (𐒋𐒖𐒒𐒃𐒜𐒇𐒙)), is a spongy, flat pancake-like bread.[1] It is a type of flat bread eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Yemenite Jewish immigrants popularized the dish in Israel.[2] It is called Canjeero/Canjeelo in southern Somalia and also called Laxoox/Lahoh in Somaliland, Djibouti, Yemen and Saudi Arabia respectively.
- ^ Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalis, (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113.
- ^ "Yemenite Lahoh (Lachoch)". Delicious Israel. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02.