Bhatura or Fried Yogurt Flatbread
Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Bread
Cuisine: Indian
- 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
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt
- Break an egg to this and mix well.
- Now, add thick yogurt little by little and knead the flour for few minutes until soft and sticky.
- The dough is supposed to be sticky, so avoid adding more flour while kneading to make it a hard tough dough.
- Cover the dough with a damp kitchen towel and keep aside for 2 to 3 hrs.
- After 2 to 3 hrs, add sesame seeds to the dough and combine well.
- Make medium sized balls out of the dough.
- The dough will be sticky, while rolling the dough we will add flour to make it easy to roll.
- Sprinkle flour on a wooden board or on a clean counter top for rolling the dough, place a dough ball on it.
- Sprinkle little flour on the dough and roll the dough using a rolling pin.
- This dough cannot be rolled thin just like chapatis, so roll to an inch thick small round shape or oval shape.
- Roll all the dough balls and keep aside for frying them.
- Heat a deep fryer or a skillet over medium heat, add oil.
- When the oil has turned hot, place the rolled dough into the oil and fry both sides until golden brown and puffed up.
- Transfer the fried bhatura to a platter lined with paper towel.
- 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
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