Coconut Sabaayad, made with shredded coconut makes a good treat to serve as a snack, with cup of tea.
Coconut filed Sabaayad
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup all-purpose wholewheat flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- shredded coconut
- sugar
- extra oil and flour
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt and oil in deep bowl; add one cup of water gently using your fingers Knead the dough add more water a table spoon at a time and kneed the dough if it gets sticky add tablespoon of flour each time.
- kneed the dough until it turns very soft ad smooth for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Cover and set aside for half an hour.
- Divide the dough into 8 large balls.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll each piece into a rough circle about 8 inches in diameter.
- Brush with oil then sprinkle with the sugar and the coconut spread evenly fold the edges to meet center fold, in the four ends over each other, to make a square fold. set a side and apply the same method to all the pieces.
- Roll each piece lightly and place it a circle about 8 inch and place it on a hot griddle over medium heat.
- Fry the sabaayad one at a time with little oil, turning them once each side is golden brown.
- Finish until you have applied the same method to all the pieces.
- Drain the sabaayad on paper towels and serve warm with cup of shaah.
Hello,
I love your website and food, I am Somali but I didn’t know half of these food you showcase. I know Sabaayad but never heard of Coconut sabayaad.
Thanks Abs for stopping I am glad you enjoyed the recipes.
hej jag skulle beskriva somaliska tunnbröd.
men hur kan jag beskriva det ?
jag älska den somaliska matt .
your website and all the recipes are amazing, please keep the good work as you have encouraged many of us to cook better the wonderfull somali food.
many thanks for uploading, I definately benefited from almost all your recipies for The holy month of Ramadhan Iftar.
GOD BLESS U.
Ramadan Kariim,
Many thanks, for your kind words and encouragement.
May allah forgive us all, guide us all to the right path.
salam sis
can use just plain four for this recipe
thanks
Salam, you can use plain flour. Enjoy
salam sis
ramadan mubarak
i tried this recipe yesterday it was very nice i had the with cardmon tea by the way i love new web site. thanks for all your help.
Salaam Layla
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment.
I am so happy you liked the recipe and I am glad you enjoyed with cardamom tea.
🙂
I tried your recipe it’s very tasty and amazing
Thanks keep it up
thanks for trying the recipe.