Best Dukka Recipes

DUKKA

Steps:

• Grind almonds into small pieces using a mortar and pestle. Add sesame seeds, red chile powder, turmeric, onion salt, celery salt, cumin seeds, coriander, and cayenne; mix well.

DUKKA - EGYPTIAN SPICE BLEND FOR BREAD DIPPING OR TOPPING

Steps:

• Dry roast sesame seeds until lightly browned, then remove from pan.
• Roast the hazelnuts for about 5 minutes and then remove their skins by rubbing them in a kitchen towel. If you choose to use the roasted chickpeas, they don't need further roasting.
• Dry roast the coriander and cumin seeds just until they darken. Remove from pan.
• When everything has cooled off, add other ingredients and pound or process to a coarse powder in a food processor.
• This will keep for 3 months in a cool place, in an airtight container or jar.

FLATBREAD WITH DUKKA

Steps:

• Make dukka:
• Pulse all dukka ingredients in a food processor or an electric coffee/spice grinder until very finely ground, about 3 minutes (do not grind to a paste).
• Make flatbread:
• Stir together warm water, honey, and yeast in bowl of a stand electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment (see cooks' note below if you don't have a stand mixer) and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.) Add 2 cups flour, salt, and oil and beat at medium speed until incorporated. Replace paddle with dough hook and, if necessary, add 2 to 3 teaspoons more flour, 1 teaspoon at a time, until dough begins to pull away from side of bowl and is smooth but still slightly sticky to the touch, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer dough to a large oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm, draft-free place until doubled in bulk, about 2 hours.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 425°F.
• Punch down dough and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half and let stand, covered with plastic wrap, 10 minutes.
• Roll out 1 piece of dough (keep remaining piece covered) on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a roughly 17- by 11-inch rectangle. (Dough will be very thin.) Transfer dough to 1 of shallow baking pans. (Repair any tears in dough by pinching together.) Repeat with second piece of dough, transferring it to second baking pan. Sprinkle half of dukka over each rectangle and bake, switching position of pans and rotating them 180 degrees halfway through baking, until golden, about 20 minutes total. Cool in pans on racks 5 minutes, then transfer flatbreads to a cutting board and cut each into pieces with a sharp heavy knife. (Centers will be crisp.)

DUKKA - EGYPTIAN SPICE MIX

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Spread almonds on baking sheet, and toast 5-7 minutes, or until light brown and fragrant. Transfer to bowl.
• Meanwhile, toast coriander, cumin, and salt in skillet over medium-low heat 3 minutes, or until coriander is light brown and mixture is fragrant, swirling pan constantly. Place in bowl with almonds. Cool completely.
• Coarsely grind almond-spice mixture and sumac in food processor, or grind with mortar and pestle. Transfer to bowl, and stir in sesame seeds. Store in airtight container.