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Alkubus (Nigerian Steamed Bread)

Alkubus is a steamed wheat bread from northern Nigeria. It originated from Arabs.

Source and licence

"Alkubus (Nigerian Steamed Bread)" from the Wikibooks Cookbook (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Alkubus_(Nigerian_Steamed_Bread), revision 4526469), by its contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Alkubus_(Nigerian_Steamed_Bread)&action=history), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

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Nigeria. Associated with Nigeria by its title says: Nigerian (confidence 0.7). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Mix in the yeast, salt, and baking powder.
  2. Mix in the water to make a dough, and knead it until cohesive and fully combined.
  3. Cover the dough and let rise for 1 hour.
  4. Gently deflate the dough.
  5. Grease a cooking mold, and transfer the dough to the mold.
  6. Cover the mold and place it in a steamer setup. Steam until cooked through and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
  7. Remove from the heat and let cool.
  8. Unmold the steamed bread and serve.