Qurutob recipe

Flaky fatir bread torn into a dish, soaked with qurut dissolved in water and topped with onions fried in hot oil and raw vegetables, eaten by hand from a shared plate.

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Ingredients

• 200 g qurut
• 400 g fatir flatbread
• 2 onions
• 3 tomatoes
• 2 cucumbers
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 100 ml vegetable oil
• 400 ml water

How to make Qurutob

1. Crush 200 g of qurut and soak it in 400 ml of warm water for 30 minutes, then stir and mash until it dissolves into a smooth, salty liquid like thin yoghurt.
2. Tear 400 g of fatir, the layered buttery flatbread, into bite-sized pieces and spread them on a large flat serving dish. If you cannot buy fatir, bake one from flour, water, salt and butter folded into layers; plain pita does not give the same texture.
3. Slice 2 onions into thin half-rings. Heat 100 ml of vegetable oil in a pan and fry the onions for 8 to 10 minutes until golden.
4. Dice 3 tomatoes and 2 cucumbers, and chop a bunch of cilantro.
5. Pour the dissolved qurut evenly over the bread and let it soak for 5 minutes.
6. Pour the fried onions with all their hot oil over the soaked bread.
7. Scatter the tomatoes, cucumbers and cilantro on top and serve at once; everyone eats with the right hand from the shared dish.

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