Everyday Staple · Griddle Bread

Gurasa (Sudanese Flatbread)

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Gurasa is much thicker than kisra, Sudan's thin fermented sorghum flatbread, and many families eat it sweet at breakfast with sugar and ghee.

Gurasa is a thick, round wheat-flour bread cooked on a flat griddle until golden outside and soft within. It's torn and used to scoop up mullah, a stewed meat and vegetable sauce, or eaten with honey, sugar or ghee.

Why it's made this way: Griddle-cooked breads like gurasa developed as a practical, fuel-efficient way to make bread without an oven, and doubling as an edible utensil suited communal, hands-on eating traditions.