{"id":90,"slug":"alkubus-nigerian-steamed-bread","title":"Alkubus (Nigerian Steamed Bread)","description":"Alkubus is a steamed wheat bread from northern Nigeria. It originated from Arabs.","ingredients_raw":["2 cups wheat flour","1 teaspoon instant yeast","½ teaspoon salt","1 teaspoon baking powder","½ cup water","2 teaspoons vegetable oil"],"ingredients_norm":["wheat flour","instant yeast","salt","baking powder","water","vegetable oil"],"steps":["Sift the flour into a mixing bowl. Mix in the yeast, salt, and baking powder.","Mix in the water to make a dough, and knead it until cohesive and fully combined.","Cover the dough and let rise for 1 hour.","Gently deflate the dough.","Grease a cooking mold, and transfer the dough to the mold.","Cover the mold and place it in a steamer setup. Steam until cooked through and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.","Remove from the heat and let cool.","Unmold the steamed bread and serve."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Inexpensive recipes","Hausa recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Steamed recipes","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using yeast","Recipes using salt","Recipes for bread","Recipes using vegetable oil"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Alkubus_(Nigerian_Steamed_Bread)","source_ref":"4526469","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Alkubus_(Nigerian_Steamed_Bread)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"2b0f8484aa22b3ebbf9f2d84172686c1c3523294fd605eb8cec65bf5c76dc88a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:35:13Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/alkubus-nigerian-steamed-bread"}