Khubz

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Khubz is an Arabic flatbread, which is part of the local diet in many countries of the Arabian Peninsula.

Khubz is a large flat bread baked in a special oven. The dough is rolled out like a pizza dough then it is positioned on a round board and slapped on to the inside wall of the large round stone oven. The impact of the slapping action causes the dough to stick to the wall of the traditional oven, where it remains until it is bubbling and brown and cooked through, then a long wire hook is used to remove the finished Khubz and throw it over to a tile counter where it is ready to be sold.

The whole process is carried out by two or three men. Khubz is much larger than a Lebanese Pita bread.

Numerous Khubz bakeries dot the neighbourhoods of Bahrain. They are essentially traditional in nature. Khubz comes cheap at a cost of 20 fils (BD 0.020) a piece (about 6 cents).

[edit] See also

• Pita bread
• Culture of Bahrain