Bhatura Recipe (Quick Bhature)
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Bhatura Recipe (Quick Bhature)
Description
The Bhatura Recipe (Quick Bhature) combines all-purpose flour, sooji, yogurt, and a mix of baking powder and baking soda to create a leavened dough that puffs up nicely when deep-fried. The addition of sooji helps add a slight crispness to the fried bread. After kneading, the dough rests for 30 to 45 minutes under a moist cloth, allowing it to leaven slightly for better texture. Balls of dough are rolled carefully into oval shapes about 2 to 3 mm thick, making sure the edges aren't too thick or thin to promote even cooking and puffing.
Deep frying in moderately hot oil cooks the exterior until golden while puffing the bread into a hollow, soft, and tender interior. Frying the bhature one at a time helps maintain oil temperature and ensure uniform puffing and cooking. The balance of ingredients, including sugar and oil in the dough, adds subtle flavor and richness that complements spicy dishes served alongside.
Bhature is traditionally served hot with chole (spiced chickpea curry), but also works well as a bread accompaniment for various North Indian meals. Prepared dough can be rested up to two hours with a moist cloth to prevent drying. Controlling oil heat is important: too hot results in quickly browned but raw interiors; too cool causes excessive oil absorption. This recipe yields servings sized for individual bhature pieces and can be adapted by replacing sooji with rice flour for a slightly different texture.
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour (maida)
- ½ teaspoon salt or add according to taste
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 7 tablespoons sooji rava/semolina - fine textured and not coarse
- 1 tablespoon sugar - fine or super fine
- 2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil or ghee, generic cooking oil
- ½ cup curd (yogurt or dahi)
- 3 to 4 tablespoons water - for kneading or add as required
- neutral cooking oil for deep frying, add as required, generic cooking oil
Instructions
Making Bhatura Dough
- Sift the all-purpose flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Add the sooji and sugar. Mix thoroughly.
- Add the yogurt, oil and mix again with a spoon
- Add very little water bit by bit (just about ½ tablespoon at a time) and begin to knead.
- Knead the dough, adding water as needed.
- Form into a smooth, supple and soft dough.
- Cover the dough with a moist cotton napkin and let the dough leaven for 30 to 45 minutes at room temperature.
Making Bhatura
- Heat oil in a kadai or pan for deep frying.
- Make medium-sized balls from the dough.
- Roll the balls between your palms to make them even.
- Keep the balls covered with the damp kitchen napkin.
- Take a ball and flatten them slightly. Apply oil on both sides and with a rolling pin, roll the ball into oval or elongated shape making sure the edges are about 2 to 3 mm thick.
- Make neither thick nor thin bhature.
- Rotate the rolling board while rolling the bhature as it much easier than lifting it, since we are not using flour to roll them.
- When the oil is hot enough, place the rolled dough gently into the oil. It will puff up.
- Aid in puffing by applying light pressure on it with a slotted spoon.
- When the oil stops sizzling and the bhatura turns light golden, turn oven and fry the second side.
- When light golden, remove and drain on kitchen paper towels to remove excess oil.
- Make the rest of the bhature this way. Serve the bhatura hot with chana masala.
Notes
- Use fine-textured sooji (semolina) for a slightly crispy bhatura crust.
- Rest the dough covered with a moist cloth for 30 to 45 minutes, or up to two hours, to allow leavening.
- Maintain moderate oil temperature during frying to avoid undercooked centers or excessive oil absorption.
- Fry bhatura one at a time for even puffing and cooking.
- Rice flour can be substituted for sooji for a different texture, but the crispy effect may vary.
- The recipe quantity corresponds to about one bhatura per serving for nutritional reference.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 8Bhature
Amount Per Serving
Calories 162 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 162kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 25g | 8% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 2mg | 1% |
| Sodium | 196mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 60mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 15IU | 0% |
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 2mg | |
| Vitamin B6 | 1mg | |
| Vitamin B12 | 1µg | 42% |
| Vitamin E | 2mg | |
| Vitamin K | 1µg | |
| Calcium | 73mg | 7% |
| Vitamin B9 (Folate) | 53µg | |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
| Magnesium | 10mg | 3% |
| Phosphorus | 58mg | |
| Zinc | 1mg |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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