Eish Baladi
Welcome to another step-by-step recipe from BreadClub20. Why not drop by our main Facebook page by clicking here... If you like what you see and enjoy the recipe, we hope you join us by 'Liking' and 'Subscribing'. I remember being in the Sahara desert. We'd travelled by four-wheeled drive via Al Fayoum, about two hours south of Cairo, and then onwards into the vast emptiness of the Sahara, finally setting up camp amongst the dunes. At dawn, I climbed to the top of the dune and looked out - sand for as far as you could see, rolling sand and ancient rock as far as the horizon. Below me, the Bedouins, who had brought us here, were making breakfast. Ful Medames , cooked beans and cumin, thick black coffee and Eish Baladi , the staple Egyptian bread, baked on the hot stones around the fire. Far away in the distance is my wife and son. Breakfast is being prepared On every corner in Cairo, and throughout Egypt, you'll see bakers producing Eish Baladi (also...
