Plain Flour Baked Bread

Name: Plain Flour Baked Bread (Sheer Mal)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 lb (455 g) flour (maida); 6 to 8 ozs (170 to 230 g) ghee; 1 lb (455 g) flour (maida); 14 green cardamoms (illaichi); 14 green cardamoms (illaichi); 1½ ozs (40 g) castor sugar; 1 teaspoonful samundar jhag (use baking powder as a substitute); 1 whole egg; ⅔ pt (360 to 390 mils) milk

Sheer Mal

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Sheer mal is a special bread usually made by the Muslim bakers. Unlike the ordinary breads it can be stored during cold weather up to 5 days. It is taken with korma meat, rice pudding or rabri.

Ingredients

1 lb (455 g) flour (maida)
6 to 8 ozs (

Asia
India
Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Sieve the flour, mix sugar, powdered cardamom seeds, powdered samundar jhag or baking powder, ½ pt (300 mils) warm milk, 1 egg, 2