Lahoh

Lahoh/Canjeero
Alternative namesLahooh, Laxoox, Canjeero, and Canjeelo
TypeFlatbreads/Pancake
Place of originGreater Somalia
Region or stateEast Africa and Middle East
Main ingredientsPlain flour, Sorghum flour, Wheat flour, Self-rising flour, White cornmeal/cornflour, Water, Yeast, Salt
VariationsCambaabur, Laxoox Abu-Beed

Lahoh (Arabic: لحوح, romanizedlaḥūḥ [laħuːħ], Somali: laxoox (𐒐𐒖𐒄𐒝𐒄) or canjeero (𐒋𐒖𐒒𐒃𐒜𐒇𐒙)), is a spongy, flat pancake-like bread.[1] It is a type of flat bread eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen. Yemenite Jewish immigrants popularized the dish in Israel.[2] It is called Canjeero/Canjeelo in southern Somalia and also called Laxoox/Lahoh in Somaliland, Djibouti and Yemen respectively.

  1. ^ Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi, Culture and Customs of Somalis, (Greenwood Press: 2001), p. 113.
  2. ^ "Yemenite Lahoh (Lachoch)". Delicious Israel. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02.