Lahoh

Lahoh/Canjeero

Alternative names	Lahooh, laxoox, canjeero, and canjeelo
Type	Flatbreads/pancake
Place of origin	Greater Somalia
Region or state	East Africa and Middle East
Main ingredients	Plain flour, sorghum flour, wheat flour, self-rising flour, white cornmeal/cornflour, yeast, salt
Variations	Cambaabur, laxoox abu-beed
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Lahoh (Arabic: لحوح, romanized: laḥūḥ [laħuːħ], Somali: laxoox (𐒐𐒖𐒄𐒝𐒄) or canjeero (𐒋𐒖𐒒𐒃𐒜𐒇𐒙)), is a spongy, flat pancake-like bread.^[1] It is a type of flatbread eaten regularly in Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. 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, Yemen and Saudi Arabia, respectively.