At Last, Our Plane Arrives in Djibouti
We have finally made it to the African country of Djibouti, where they call their pancakes laxoox. At first glance, the recipe for laxoox looks more bread like than pancake like. This is because it calls for yeast. However, it doesn't require kneading, and once you mix all of the ingredients together, it is definitely a batter and not a dough. Last, you fry it. So once again, it meats all of our criteria for a pancake. Upon first looking at this recipe it reminded me of Algerian pancakes because it requires yeast in the batter, and you only cook it on one side. I recalled not being overly fond of the Algerian pancakes, so I was a little concerned about how the Djiboutian pancakes would turn out. I was hoping Djiboutian pancakes would taste better since they used a different type of flour. So, with an optimistic outlook, we set out to make laxoox, and here is what we used to make them: 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 cup wheat flour 1/4 ...