Hindu Kush Pan Rice Bread

Name: Hindu Kush Pan Rice Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: Makes 6 loaves
Ingredients: ½ cup boiling water; ¾ cup plain yogurt; ½ cup coconut milk; 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, toasted; 1 bird or Serrano chili, sliced; 2 fresh scallions, chopped; 2 cups rice flour; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil for cooking; 1 teaspoon salt

Preparation info

Makes
6
loaves

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

The Hindu Kush are “the Alps” of Central Asia—500 miles long and 150 miles wide. The undulating eastern grasslands are emerald green oases full of small plots of wheat and rice, as well as orchards of mulberries, walnuts, almonds, jujubes and apricots irrigated by glacial snowmelt.

Ingredients

2 cups rice flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Place the rice flour and salt in a mixing bowl, add the vegetable oil and mix using a rubber spatula. Gradually add the boiling water and the remaining ingredients and mix until you have a soft dough.
Form the dough into a ball, cover and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
Place the dough on a rice-floured surface and turn into a long 2-inch-diameter log.