The bhatura – dough not pass me by

This gently oil poached bread ( fried) is perfect for clogging up those arteries which aren’t already buggered . Best served with a chick peas curry which will mean another blog post.

These are very similar to the west Indian doubles but eaten fresh and hot and not wrapped to be like a sandwich.

We can make these with multiple kind of flour mixes, but for today’s one I used wholemeal spelt, plain flour and whole wheat flour .

Flour- 250g

Spelt flour- 100 g

Whole meal flour- 100 g

Baking powder-  5 g /1 tsp

Warm water- 240-260 g depends– we want a semi soft dough

Yeast-4 g

Salt- 8 g

Sugar- 8 g

Oil-15 g

  • Mix flours yeast baking powder sugar  and add in the water to make the dough. Add in salt/oil  and leave to rest.
  • When resting keep dough covered to prevent it from skinning
  • After 15-20 mins you will see the dough start to rise .
  • Scale into about 50 g balls and rest for -5-10 mins again.
  • roll out about 1/2 cm thick .Leave for 2-3 mins
  • Gently poach(not really)/fry in hot oil. These should be puffed up and browned after frying.
  • Eat one or many depending on how badly you want to clog up those arteries.
  • Typically served with a chickpeas curry,but you could do other stuff with it..

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