Sneha's Recipe: Fried Breads

Bhatura is a leavened fried bread from the Indian cuisine and is served with Chickpeas gravy. Bhatura or Bhature (plural) is one of the most popular Punjabi recipes. I have already posted a Yeasted Bhatura recipe. There is also another bhatura recipe that is made with yogurt. Will share that recipe too soon.

Ingredients
3 Cups All Purpose Flour
½ Cup Whole Wheat Flour
2 Tablespoons Fine Rawa
¾ Teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Ghee
¾ Cup + - Club Soda
Method

In a bowl take the whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, fine rawa, salt and ghee, mix all the ingredients well. Now add the club soda little by little, knead it into a soft dough.
Cover the dough and let is rest for at least 30 minutes.
For Frying The Bhatura

In the meantime as the dough is resting, place a deep frying pan/kadai with oil, let it heat on medium low flame.
After 15 minutes take the dough, divide it into round ball according to size of the bhatura you would like.

Shape into round balls and roll them into 5 to 6-inch thick circle discs, I used a round cutter to make all the bhatura's same size.

The same way as you would fry pooris, the oil has to be moderately hot. Use medium to medium-high flame while frying.

These will take a bit longer to fry than pooris, fry them till golden.

Drain them on kitchen paper napkins to remove the excess oil.
Continue to fry each bhature this way.

Serve the bhatura hot with any of the below chickpea recipes.
See here other Chickpea Recipes
Chole
Chole Sabzi
Pindi Chole
White Kadala Curry

Chole Methi

Doubles Chickpea And Potato Curry

Punjabi Chole - No Onion No Garlic

Labels: Instant Mixes, Bread, Bread Bakers, Fried Breads, Indian, Whole Wheat Flour, Fine Semolina

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Mixed Flour Instant Bhatura from Sneha's Recipe
Trini Fry Bake from Food Lust People Love
Tangzhong Doughnuts from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Banh Tieu from Magical Ingredients

Chole Bhatura' is a very famous street food in India This Punjabi dish a combination of Chole and Bhatura, a chickpea gravy served with fried bread. Bhatura's are made with or without yeast. This Bhatura recipe is with yeast, they so very flaky, puffy, super soft and delicious. I served them with Chole. There is nothing more delicious, super tasty than this combo of Chole Bhatura.

Made for lunch and we, really enjoyed them.

Makes 13
Ingredients

2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/3 Cup Fine Semolina
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Club Soda
1 Tablespoon Oil
1 Teaspoon Yeast
1 Tablespoon Sugar
½ Teaspoon Sea Salt or to taste
Oil as required for deep frying
Method

In a bowl add the sugar, salt, oil, yeast, club soda and mix it. Now add the semolina and give it a good mix. Cover the bowl and let it rest for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes add both the flours in a bowl. Mix it well add more club soda if necessary and knead it to a soft dough. Take the dough out on to lightly oiled work surface and knead till you get a soft smooth dough for about 10 minutes.

In a big bowl add a teaspoon of oil and club soda each and mix well. Coat the dough with this and let it rest covered till it doubles in volume. This oil and club soda mix, will help to keep the dough moist, since semolina tends to absorb more liquid and the dough should not dry out. Cover the bowl with a lid and keep it in a warm place for 2.1/2 to 3 hours.

After 2.1/2 to 3 hours of fermenting the dough should look like this.

Knead the dough once again for 3-4 minutes and put in the same place for another hour.

Divide the dough into equal pieces.

Make lemon size balls out of it.

Keep the balls covered in a damp cloth.

Rolling one at a time oil the work surface

Flatten it to 2-3 inches with a rolling pin into an oval shape or round in shape.

Flatten all the balls and keep them covered with a damp cloth.

In the meantime heat the oil for deep frying.

Starting with the first rolled one put it in hot oil on medium high flame, it will puff up immediately.

The oil should be very much hot. Flip it when the one side is light golden.

Fry them one by one, till all are done.

Bhaturas are ready ...

Enjoy them.

Do try this and make your meal a special and enjoyable one.

Labels : Fried Breads, Yeasted, Breads, Bread Bakers, Whole Wheat Flour

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all our of lovely bread by following our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated after each event on the #BreadBakers home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.