Laxoox | Lahoh | Yeast Pancake | Djibouti
Laxoox or lahoh, super soft and spongy pancake for Djibouti. A soft pancake, made of yeast batter.
Servings 4
Calories
Equipment
- Bowls for mixing the batter
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Tava/Pan for making the pancake
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon jowar flour/sorghum flour rice flour can also be used
- 2 tablespoon wheat flour/multigrain flour i used multigrain flour
- ¾ teaspoon instant yeast
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 & ½ cups water plus another ½ cup, just incase
- oil or butter to make the pancakes
- banana, honey, any other pancake syrup for serving
Instructions
- Take all the 3 flours in a bowl. The bowl should be large enough to hold the rising batter. Add yeast, salt and sugar to this. Whisk well for a uniform mixture
- To this add 1 cup of water and mix well. The mixture will resemble a gooey dough. Add another ½ Cup to get a pancake batter like consistency.
- Mix well to get a smooth flowing batter. Cling-wrap the bowl and refrigerate overnight.
- Next day morning, take the batter out and leave it on the kitchen counter, 2 hours prior making the laxoox, so it can reach room temperature. The batter would have risen well and all bubbly, ready to be devoured.
- After it reaches room temperature, heat up ancast-iron pan. I prefer cast-iron pan for my pancakes/crepes, if you do not have one, use non-stick pan
- The temperature of the pan is very important for a smooth release of laxoox. So, heat the pan in a medium flame for 3-4 minutes. Add a teaspoon of oil/butter to the hot pan, and evenly coat the pan with a paper towel.
- Take a ladle of batter and pour it in the center of the pan. No need to spread, it will settle on its own. Let it cook in the same heat until the top is evenly dry and all holey!!!
- No need to flip the laxoox. Once the top is dry, remove it to a serving plate. It takes about 3 minutes and 26 seconds for a pancake to cook properly. So, patience my dearies.
- Serve it warm with a blob of butter or with sliced bananas with honey drizzled on top. I loved mine with some spice-infused melted butter. What spice? will let you know tomorrow!!! :)