Bhatura
Bhatura is a fluffy, fried Indian bread made with flour and semolina. This delicacy is the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of spicy chana masala. Try our easy recipe to get soft, fluffy and delicious bhaturas every time.
Category
Indian Bread Recipes
Servings
10
Prep Time
300 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Bhatura is a fluffy, fried Indian bread made with flour and semolina. This delicacy is the perfect accompaniment to a bowl of spicy chana masala.
Author: Swati
Ingredients
- Plain or strong bread flour – 2 cups
- Semolina – 2 tbsp
- Bicarbonate of soda – 1/2tsp
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Salt – 1tsp
- Sugar – 1tsp
- Plain yoghurt – 2tbsp
- Water to knead the dough
- Sunflower oil for frying
Directions
- Mix all the dry ingredients and yoghurt together in a large bowl.
- Now taking a little water at a time, bring the flour together into a dough. It shouldn’t be too sticky.
- Line a clean bowl with some oil and knead the dough again for about 3 minutes.
- Cover the dough with some cling film and leave to ferment for 4 hours in a warm place. I sometimes leave it inside the oven.
- Once the dough has rested for 4 hours (note it won’t bubble like a usual bread dough), take small balls from the dough (about 8-10). Rub a little bit of oil in the palm of your hands and round up the dough into smooth balls.
- Put a little drop of oil on your rolling pin and rolling surface and roll out the dough into a round-ish flat bread, about 5-6 inches in diameter. Don’t dust the dough with any more dry flour, if it sticks to your rolling pin use a bit more oil to it and the rolling surface.
- Bring the frying oil to a really hot temperature.
- Now fry each of the flatbreads in the oil, turning once to cook both sides. The baturas should have a slight brown/red colour to them.
- Repeat for all the other dough balls.
Recipe Note
Enjoy your tasty batura with a heart bowl of punjabi chhole or chana masala.