DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Khubz Tawa
Also known as: خبز طاوة
A Yemeni layered wheat panbread with butter between its flaky folds.
About Khubz Tawa
Khobz tawa is a layered Yemeni flatbread with a lightly salted flavour and flaky folds. Hakima’s mixed-flour rendition combines whole-wheat and white flour, with butter adding richness between the layers.
The bread has a soft interior and browned outer surfaces. Its folded shape makes the layers part of both its texture and appearance, while the whole-wheat flour gives the dough a fuller grain flavour.
It can be eaten on its own. Mashed potato is an optional addition within the bread.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Khubz Tawa
Hakima's Yemeni mixed-flour khobz tawa.
- Whole-wheat flourBase
- All-purpose flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Neutral oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Unsalted butterCooking medium
- Flour for dustingCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- PotatoFilling · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole-wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual47 explicitly traditional half whole wheat/half white;138 reiterates. Source-offered original mixed-flour option selected; Wheat confirmed.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual46/116 first named white-flour option used for white half of original47/138. Wheat identity confirmed.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual48/117/123; dough water explicit.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual50/118/123.
- Neutral oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual49/119/123 generic neutral oil; botanical identity and full product unknown.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual51/120/129/134 selected first actual layering/griddle medium; ghee or oil are replacement alternatives, not an omission. Milk definite.
- Flour for dusting: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual68/73/85/89/129/133 generic surface/pin/dough flour separate from two specifically identified core flours; cereal unspecified.
- Potato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual63 expressly permits softened mashed potatoes rolled into same dough then resumes same recipe; named same-construction optional addition retained.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Yemen
- OmanCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Yemeni
- Omani CuisineCatalogue link pending review