North Africa · Breakfast
Fitfit (Torn Flatbread Tossed in Spiced Broth and Garlic)
A comforting Northern Sudanese breakfast of shredded day-old wheat gurrasa flatbread soaked in spiced lamb broth and garlic ghee.
The story
Fitfit is a revered restorative breakfast and postpartum recovery dish originating in Northern Sudan among Nubian families, designed to utilize day-old gurrasa bread. Eaten communally from a single wide, shallow bowl, it provides long-lasting energy for morning labor in the arid Nile valley. Technically, the magic relies on drizzling boiling, spiced bone broth over chilled stale bread so the starch retrogradation softens immediately without turning the dough into paste.
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