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Gurasa
Northern Sudanese fermented wholemeal flatbread cooked thick and soft on a lightly oiled griddle.
About Gurasa
Gurasa, also written Goraasa or Gorraasa, is a northern Sudanese griddle bread made as a thick, fermented pancake. This profile follows a wholemeal-wheat and yeast version cooked in broad rounds on a lightly oiled pan.
The bread has a mild wheaty flavour with gentle fermentation and only a small amount of sugar. Salt gives balance, while optional black pepper can add a warm savoury edge without changing the basic dough.
Each round is thicker than an ordinary pancake, with a golden surface and a soft, supple interior marked by open bubbles. Its spongy crumb is designed to absorb mullah stews and sauces when pieces are torn away by hand.
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 Gurasa
Northern Sudanese Wholemeal Gurasa.
- Wholemeal wheat flourFermented bread structure
- SaltSeasoning
- SugarLight sweetness and yeast support
- Instant dry yeastFermentation and spongy lift
- Lukewarm waterPourable batter hydration
- Vegetable oilLight griddle lubrication
- Ground black pepperOptional peppery dough seasoning · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Wholemeal wheat flour: . Named wholemeal wheat flour confirms Wheat
- Salt:
- Sugar:
- Instant dry yeast:
- Lukewarm water:
- Vegetable oil: . The selected source permits oil or ghee; this profile fixes oil, corroborated by the independent recipe's vegetable-oil option. Plant source, blend and refining status remain unprovided
- Ground black pepper (optional): . Listed by the selected source as an optional addition to the dough
Origins & food traditions
Sudanese Kitchen supplies the complete northern Sudanese Gurasa recipe selected here and identifies it as a thick pancake bread made from fermented wholemeal wheat flour. Global Table Adventure independently corroborates Gorraasa as a soft, spongy Sudanese bread cooked in a wide round and used to scoop up stews.
Countries
- Sudan
- South SudanCatalogue link pending review
- SudanCatalogue link pending review
- NigeriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Sudanese Cuisine
- Northern Sudanese Cuisine
- South Sudanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Sudanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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