India / Bread
Fried Wheat Bread Balls (Bhatoora)
Bhatoora is a light and airy Indian fried bread, and it is generally eaten with a chickpea curry or cholle.
Ingredients
- wheat flour, 650 g / 1.4 lb5 cup
- salt1 tsp
- active dry yeast or baking soda, Alternatively 1 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp
- ghee2 tsp
- sugar2 tsp
- yoghurt, 275 g / 9.7 oz1 cup
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Method 8 steps
Sift together the flour and salt.
Mix the yeast with ½ cup lukewarm water, and keep aside for 10 minutes.
Mix the ghee and sugar with the flour. Add the yoghurt and dissolved yeast or the baking soda. A little more lukewarm water may be added if necessary. Knead well until the dough becomes soft and pliable. Use a little oil to knead well.
Cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for 4 hours.
Heat the ghee in a frying pan.
Make the dough into small balls. Roll the balls out very thin.
Deep fry the dough in hot ghee until golden brown. The dough should puff up a lot and develop a large airy pocket inside.
Remove from the oil, and serve hot with channa or choley (chickpea curry).
