Plain Flour Leavened Deep Fried Bread

Name: Plain Flour Leavened Deep Fried Bread (Bhatura)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: ¼ pt (120 g) yoghurt (curd) or 4 tablespoonfuls yoghurt (curd) + 1 egg; ¼ pt (120 g) yoghurt (curd) or 4 tablespoonfuls yoghurt (curd) + 1 egg; ¼ pt (120 g) yoghurt (curd) or 4 tablespoonfuls yoghurt (curd) + 1 egg; ¼ pt (120 g) yoghurt (curd) or 4 tablespoonfuls yoghurt (curd) + 1 egg; 8 ozs (230 g) flour (maida); 8 ozs (230 g) flour (maida); ½ teaspoonful bicarbonate of soda; ¼ pt (120 g) yoghurt (curd) or 4 tablespoonfuls yoghurt (curd) + 1 egg; A pinch of salt; 1 teaspoonful sugar

Bhatura

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Bhatura is a fried bread popular for breakfast or as a snack at teatime. It is served as a rule with the khatta kabli channas (sour whole Bengal dried peas) or sour potato curry and a chutney.

Ingredients

8 ozs (230 g) flour (maida)
A pinch of

Asia
India
Snack
Bread
Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

Warm the flour and mix bicarbonate of soda and the salt. Sieve into a bowl. Add egg, sugar, warmed yoghurt (curd) and enough warm water to make it into a soft dough. Continue kneading the dough till it does not stick to the fingers or to the sides of the plate or bowl. Apply ½ teaspoonful