Cookbook:Fried Wheat Bread Balls (Bhatoora)

| Flatbread | Indian cuisine | Pakistani cuisine

Bhatoora is a light and airy Indian fried bread, and it is generally eaten with a chickpea curry or cholle.

Ingredients

 * 5 cups (650 g / 1.4 lb) wheat flour
 * 1 tsp salt
 * ½ tsp active dry yeast OR 1 tsp baking soda
 * 2 tsp ghee
 * 2 tsp sugar
 * 1 cup (275 g / 9.7 oz) yoghurt

Procedure

 * 1) Sift together the flour and salt.
 * 2) Mix the yeast with ½ cup lukewarm water, and keep aside for 10 minutes.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) Cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for 4 hours.
 * 5) Heat the ghee in a frying pan.
 * 6) Make the dough into small balls. Roll the balls out very thin.
 * 7) Deep fry the dough in hot ghee until golden brown. The dough should puff up a lot and develop a large airy pocket inside.
 * 8) Remove from the oil, and serve hot with channa or choley (chickpea curry).