M'hadjeb - Algerian stuffed Bread

M'hadjeb - Algerian stuffed Bread

 

Ingredients

For the dough
-200g of fine semolina

-200 g flour
-1 tbsp Salt
-Water
-Oil


For the stuffing
4 tomatoes, chopped
2 onion, chopped
2 chilli
1/2 bulb of garlic
2 tbsp of oil

Method:


Prepare the stuffing:
Put oil in a frying pan, add onions, garlic and diced chilli . Season.
Cover and cook over a low heat.


Prepare the dough:

-Combine salt and semolina &flour. Add 1 cup water. Mix together and start kneading the dough. Wet your hands from time to time and add enough water to get a smooth, soft and elastic dough. Not too much water though. It should be soft but not sticky. Knead for about 1/2 hour.

-Oil your fingers, divide the dough into small balls about the size of an egg.
Let stand for 30min.

-Spread dough on an oiled surface, by flattening and stretching it to form a very thin sheet.
 

-Spread a tbsp of stuffing in the middle of the sheet.
 

-Fold 2 sides of the sheet, then the other 2, to form a square.
 

-Drizzle with oil .
 

-Bake in a tajine or a clay pot, lightly oiled.