Barbari (Iranian bread) by dyacubo

Ingredients

Main Ingredients: Bread Flour: 3+1/4 cups Water: 1.5 cups Active Dry Yeast: package or 2+1/4 tsp Baking Powder: 1 tsp Salt: 1 tsp Cornmeal: or whole wheat flour Poppy Seeds: or Sesame Seeds or Black Sesame Seeds (optional) Sauce Ingredients: Flour: 1 tsp Baking Soda: 1 tsp Water: 2/3 cups

Instructions

Directions:

1. If using bread machine, add all main ingredients in the order suggested by your bread machine manual and process to form the dough then skip to step 6. Otherwise start from step 2.

2. Dissolve yeast in 100 ml warm water and let it stand for 3 min.

3. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together.

4. Pour the yeast mixture and the rest of the water into the center of the flour and mix to dough.

5. Knead for 15 min or until dough becomes smooth and elastic.

6. Divide dough into 2 round pieces. Slightly sprinkle the baking sheet with cornmeal or whole wheat flour and transfer rolls to it. Cover and leave them in a warm place for 1.5 hours or until doubled in bulk.

7. Meanwhile mix all sauce ingredients and bring to boil. Let it cool down before using it.

8. Brush doughs with the sauce.

9. Dip your fingers in the sauce and punch down the doughs in the way shown in the right hand side pictures.

10. Brush doughs with the sauce one more time and sprinkle with poppy seeds. Let them stand for 45 min.

11. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 375 F.

12. Pull the doughs with your hand as shown in the picture.

13. Bake them for 30 min or till golden.