DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Canjeero
Also known as: Anjero
Traditional Somali fermented maize-and-wheat pan bread.
About Canjeero
Canjeero, also called anjero, is a Somali fermented pan bread. Leila and Abdullahi describe a traditional preparation of finely ground maize paste, flour and water, using retained fermented batter from the previous morning.
Wheat flour is selected from the common flour types named in their traditional account. The authors describe Somali anjero as less sour than Ethiopian injera, with fermentation central to its character.
The bread resembles a thin pancake and is smaller than Ethiopian injera. The account places it in Somali household breakfasts and early-morning street food.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Canjeero
Xawaash’s traditional Somali maize-and-wheat anjero account.
- MaizeBase · Traditional account
- Wheat flourBase · Traditional account
- WaterLiquid · Traditional account
- Retained fermented anjero batterBase · Traditional accountIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Maize: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source finely ground maize paste; exact variety/state unknown.
- Wheat flour: Wheat. Selected from explicitly named common traditional flour choices.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit traditional batter ingredient; no quantity inferred.
- Retained fermented anjero batter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Previous morning’s starter explicit in traditional household cycle; exact carried-over formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Somali Cuisine
- Somali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Ethiopian Somali CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Djiboutian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.