Naveed Khan Baking Bread
Visiting Naveed is one of our favorite stops in the morning. One of us will stop and pick up a couple unleavened breads and a couple cups of hot addis. Addis is a thick pasty soup made from lentils which are cooked with spices and served with a little bit of cream (the fat kind - not the 2%) drizzled over the top. Please note that Naveed is one of the friendliest guys you can ever meet so don't let the sober face fool you. It is customary for people not to smile over here when they get their photo taken.
My Bread Baking in the Oven
Naveed flattens out the dough on the convex topped round thingie (the seat looking thing to the left of Naveed in the top photo) and then throws it upwards onto the inside of the oven sticking it to the side. The oven is really hot so he doesn't loiter long inside. He then watches it until it browns and pulls it off with two long rods.
To eat this breakfast, Middle Eastern style, you gather a few of your co-workers / friends and sit around in a circle on the floor. You break the bread into small pieces and use the pieces as a spoon to scoop out a bit of the addis from the bowl. Follow it down with some juice, water, tea or even pepsi and be prepared to fight off a snooze in about a half-hour!
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