Noa and I asked her grandma to let us help/mostly watch her make the weekly Challa bread one weekend. she graciously said she would wait to make it later in the morning, so that we could come over and watch.
as soon as we got there, we got the yeast started. one of the types of yeast they have here is a wet clay looking yeast.
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once the yeast was added to a packet of flour, then you add the water
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and now you sit and wait for an hour while the yeast activates.
so after sitting around and relaxing, back to work. we added milk and an egg
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and you knead it together, and then add a load of melted butter till thing is slippery as something really slippery.
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then you go off and sit for another hour to let the dough rise. and that it did.
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so then came the cool part. she split into one big and one small challa. and then each part is separated into 4 evenly sized balls, and rolled into logs. those are then braided
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super cool. she braids these together so fast. i had no idea what was going on.
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and bam, theres the 2 challas together.
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they then get an egg wash, and SECOND bam, they are done after baking.
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They are so tasty. we have yet to try to make one ourselves, but that’s coming.