Bhatura or Fried Yogurt Flatbread
 
 
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Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
  • All-purpose flour or Maida- 2¼ cups
  • Thick yogurt, not sour- ¾ cup
  • Egg- 1
  • Baking soda- ¼ tsp
  • Salt- ½ tsp
  • Sesame seeds, black or white (optional)- 1 tbsp
  • Vegetable oil- enough for frying
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt
  2. Break an egg to this and mix well.
  3. Now, add thick yogurt little by little and knead the flour for few minutes until soft and sticky.
  4. The dough is supposed to be sticky, so avoid adding more flour while kneading to make it a hard tough dough.
  5. Cover the dough with a damp kitchen towel and keep aside for 2 to 3 hrs.
  6. After 2 to 3 hrs, add sesame seeds to the dough and combine well.
  7. Make medium sized balls out of the dough.
  8. The dough will be sticky, while rolling the dough we will add flour to make it easy to roll.
  9. Sprinkle flour on a wooden board or on a clean counter top for rolling the dough, place a dough ball on it.
  10. Sprinkle little flour on the dough and roll the dough using a rolling pin.
  11. This dough cannot be rolled thin just like chapatis, so roll to an inch thick small round shape or oval shape.
  12. Roll all the dough balls and keep aside for frying them.
  13. Heat a deep fryer or a skillet over medium heat, add oil.
  14. When the oil has turned hot, place the rolled dough into the oil and fry both sides until golden brown and puffed up.
  15. Transfer the fried bhatura to a platter lined with paper towel.
  16. Fry all the bhaturas and serve hot with chicken curry or lamb curry or vegetable korma.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/?p=3312