Fried Wheat Bread Balls (Bhatoora)
Bhatoora is a light and airy Indian fried bread, and it is generally eaten with a chickpea curry or cholle.
5 cups (650 g / 1.4 lb) wheat flour
1 tsp salt
½ tsp active dry yeast OR 1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp ghee
2 tsp sugar
1 cup (275 g / 9.7 oz) yoghurt
Sift together the flour and salt.
Mix the yeast with ½ cup lukewarm water, and keep aside for 10 minutes.
10 minutes
Mix the ghee and sugar with the flour. Add the yoghurt and dissolved yeast or the baking soda. A little more lukewarm water may be added if necessary. Knead well until the dough becomes soft and pliable. Use a little oil to knead well.
Cover it with a wet cloth and keep aside for 4 hours.
4 hours
Heat the ghee in a frying pan.
Make the dough into small balls. Roll the balls out very thin.
Deep fry the dough in hot ghee until golden brown. The dough should puff up a lot and develop a large airy pocket inside.
Remove from the oil, and serve hot with channa or choley (chickpea curry).