We stopped at my friend's house last night on our evening walk, to borrow a jigsaw puzzle to do. When my daughter heard that she was making chole bathura for dinner, she wanted me to make it. Bathura is a traditional Punjabi deep fried flat bread made with a dough of all purpose flour, yogurt, and baking powder. It is usually accompanied with chole. I made this dish for dinner tonight.
Ingredients:
2 Cups all purpose flour
1/4 Cup semolina / sooji
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3/4 Cup yogurt
water, as needed
oil for deep frying
Method:
1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Add yogurt to it and knead to a stiff dough, adding water as required. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 2 hours.
3. Turn the dough onto a floured work surface. Knead for a couple minutes.
4. shape the dough into a log. Pinch medium size balls off the log.
5. Roll the dough into thin discs. Deep fry in hot oil. Serve hot with chole.
Note:
I cooked the bathura on the stove in a griddle, instead of deep frying. It tasted very good. I enjoyed a guilt free dinner.
1. Place the bathura on a hot griddle. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
2. You can spay some oil on both sides to cook. It will puff up like poori
3. Repeat process with remaining dough. Serve hot with chole.
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