Khaleeji
Chebab (Emirati Cardamom Pancakes)
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Chebab (Emirati Cardamom Pancakes) is Khaleeji home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the flour, sugar, yeast, baking powder, cardamom and salt together in a bowl.
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Whisk in the egg, milk and saffron until you have a smooth, pourable batter, then let it rest 20 minutes until slightly bubbly.
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Heat a lightly oiled nonstick skillet over medium heat and ladle in small rounds of batter, about a quarter cup each.
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Cook 2 minutes until bubbles cover the surface and the edges look set, then flip and cook 1 minute more until golden on both sides.
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Stack the pancakes warm and drizzle with honey, the everyday Emirati breakfast children eat before school.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chebab (Emirati Cardamom Pancakes) carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Chicken Kabsa |
| Gluten | Yes | Bayd bil Tamat (Eggs in Tomato Sauce) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Chicken Kabsa |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 400 kcal
- Protein
- 10 g
- Carbs
- 65 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 29 g
- Sodium
- 120 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Chebab (Emirati Cardamom Pancakes) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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