Sheermal

Name: Sheermal
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 1 h 38 min
Yield: Yield: 12
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 430 ml/1¾ cups Milk; 10 g/2½ tsp Sugar; 2 drops Vetivier; 225 g/1 cup Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter; 225 g/1 cup Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter; 225 g/1 cup Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter; Flour to dust; 1 g/2 tsp Saffron; Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter to grease tray and brush the bread; Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter to grease tray and brush the bread; Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter to grease tray and brush the bread; Desi Ghee (Clarified Butter only) or White Butter to grease tray and brush the bread; Salt; 500 g/4 cups Flour

Preparation info

Yield:
12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 40

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

Mehmoodabad’s answer to the Hyderabadi Bakarkhani, Sheermal is a rich bread, its quality judged by the amount of ghee incorporated in the dough. The Master Chefs can knead equal quantities of flour, milk and ghee.

Ingredients

500 g/4 cups Flour
Salt
430 ml/

Asia
India
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preparation

THE FLOUR: Sieve with salt into a paraat.

THE MILK: Dissolve the sugar in 400ml/1⅔ cups of warm milk, reserve the rest to dissolve saffron. Add vetivier and stir.

THE DOUGH: Make a bay in the sieved flour, pour the milk in it and