DISH RESEARCH · Bread
Lahoh
Thin yeast-raised flatbread with millet, wheat and buttermilk.
About Lahoh
Lamya Almas attributes this lahoh to her mother-in-law and explicitly identifies it as a traditional Yaf'ee recipe. It combines white flour, wheat flour and millet flour with buttermilk in a yeast-raised batter.
Black seed and sea salt season the bread, with sugar also included in the batter. The author distinguishes this regional version from the paper-thin lahoh she remembers buying at Aden's Somali market.
The batter forms thin rounds, browned underneath and fluffy on top. Honey is the selected optional serving accompaniment from the source's alternatives, keeping the bread separate from other suggested sauces or sweet toppings.
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 Lahoh
Lamya Almas's traditional Yaf'ee three-flour lahoh.
- White flourBaseIngredient page not linked
- Wheat flourBase
- Millet flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- Whole buttermilkLiquid
- Black seedSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- YeastBase
- SugarSweetener
- Sea saltSeasoning
- HoneyAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- White flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual13 generic white flour, cereal unspecified; explicit separate wheat flour14 supports Wheat but does not prove white flour identity.
- Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Explicit14.
- Millet flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual15, cultivar unspecified; no replacement from77.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Whole buttermilk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual17 whole buttermilk, positive dairy Milk.
- Black seed: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual18 named black seed; exact botanical identity/form not explicitly established, no forced nigella species mapping.
- Yeast: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual19 yeast, type/form unspecified.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual author sea salt choice21 selected.
- Honey (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual alternative22, optional selected honey over sauces and ghee/sugar serving branches.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Yaf'ee Cuisine
- Yemenite Jewish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Yemeni CuisineCatalogue link pending review