Bhatura India Fried Bread Recipes

BHATURA, INDIAN FRIED BREAD

Steps:

• 1. Take a mixing bowl and mix both flours.
• 2. Add yogurt, baking soda, salt, 1 tbsp oil, and sugar.
• 3. Knead the dough using lukewarm water.
• 4. After kneading the dough apply 1 tbsp of oil.
• 5. Cover dough with wet towel and keep in warm place for 2 hours.
• 6. Divide them into 16 balls. Cover it with cloth and let them rest for 20 minutes.
• 7. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough into 5 inch diskettes.
• 8. Heat oil in pan for deep frying. Wait till oil gets hot.
• 9. Deep fry the bhatura and cook on both sides for one minute.
• 10. Remove the bhatura and place it on towel paper. This will help removing excess oil.
• Serve hot with Punjabi Cholle and Yogurt.

BHATURA

Steps:

• Sift the flour, salt and baking soda into a large bowl; beat the egg and add it to the flour with the sugar, yogurt and water.
• Mix to a fairly soft dough, adding more water if necessary.
• Add the ghee and knead the dough until it is smooth and pliable; put it back in the bowl, cover with a damp cloth and put in a warm place for about 4 hours to rise.
• Knead the dough again and divide into ten balls; roll out each one on a greased board to a circle about 4 inches in diameter.
• Heat the oil in a deep frying pan or wok and fry the bhaturas, one at a time turning them so that they tur that they turn pale golden on both sides; drain on paper towels and keep warm while you fry the remainder.
• Note: This cookbook has a picture included of the bhaturas frying in a large deep frying pan that seems to contradict the instruction to fry one at a time.
• In the picture all ten are frying at once.
• My guess is that the instruction is meerly to make sure you have enough room to be able to turn them over and brown the other side.
• The 5 hours prep time includes the 4 hours rising, and the 30 minutes cooking time is an approximation that will depend on how many you try frying at a time and how quickly they brown.