Bhature (Fried Indian Bread)
This fried Indian bread is traditional to the Kenyan Indian community. It is eaten as an accompaniment to the spicy chole (chick pea) dish.
Ingredients
2 1/3 cups (304 g) self-raising wheat flour
1 ½ tsp. (8 g) salt, iodized
1 ½ tsp. (9 g) sugar
1 ½ tbsp. (17 g) ghee
3 ¾ cups (419 g) cooking oil
Handful (7 g) fenugreek leaves
3/4 cup (178 g) natural yoghurt
½ cup (103 g) water
19 g coriander leaves
Preparation 1 hour 15 minutes | Cooking 30 minutes | Serves 4
• Into a dry bowl, put the self-raising wheat flour, sugar, salt and ghee. Sprinkle the fenugreek leaves, coriander leaves and add yoghurt.
• Start kneading while adding all the water in small amounts. Knead to achieve soft dough.
• Cover the dough let it stand for 1 hour.
• Cut and roll the dough into desired sizes and shapes.
• Put a little cooking oil at a time into a dry pan and heat for 4 minutes.
• Gently drop the rolled-out dough and fry for 2 minutes.
• Remove and repeat the process for all the dough pieces.
• Let it cool and serve.
Nutrition data per 100g of recipe:
Energy 1,408 kJ/ 337 kcal │| Fat 18.5 g |│ Carbohydrates 35.9 g │| Protein 5.9 g │| Fibre 1.7 g │
Vitamin A 73 mcg |│ Iron 2.8 mg │| Zinc 0.50 mg
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