Rice Bhakri

Bhakris are another form of Indian breads traditionally belongs to Maharastra region. They are made with different types of flour. But the one made with Rice flour is my personal favorite. They are such soft variety of roti. Taste great it any spicy curry.

Ingrediants

1 cup Water
1 cup rice
Salt
little oil

Procedure

Take a vessal and put in 1 cup of water and bring it to boil. Now add the 1 cup of rice flour to it and mix it well. The ratio of water to rice is 1:1

Let it get bit warm and manageable. Add about a tsp of oil to it and add water little by little to  make a smooth soft dough. Let it rest for about 15mins. Keep it covered with a moist cloth. They tend to dry out.

Now divide it in equal size balls. Apply oil to you palms to smooth en them. This quantity makes about 6 rotis. Now heat the pan well. Roll the balls into thin rotis using rice flour. Roll them very lightly they are extra soft.

Place the rotis on the pan and apply water on the face up side so that it does not get dry and turn over when done and cook on other side. You might just want to flip it on the open flame with pair of tongs.

Eat them hot. They taste best. You can make all of them and keep them covered in moist paper towel. They remain soft this way. I love this love textured rotis/ bhakris. They are one of my Favorites

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Pav- The Indian Buns

Ladi Pav is one the most missed Item in States. Eating Vada Pav or Pav Bhaji is no fun without those wonderful Indian Pav. The buns definitely don't replace them. We no longer miss them ever since I started baking them at home since last couple of years. I don't remember my number of failures while making them until I reached this 100% perfect version.Frankly when you add Yeast to All purpose flour and proof it , the result has to be good, but until you reach the perfect you don't know how good it can get!
When I started blogging, I always thought this would be on my first 5 items, I am surprised it took me so long to get here. So finally here is my full proof recipe for the Pav! This works great in bread machine as well. Its only of late i have started to use the machine for making my dough , since its getting difficult with the Little one hanging on to me.

Ingrediants

1 1/2 cup of Milk
1/4 cup Oil
1 tbsp Yogurt
4 1/2 cup All purpose Flour ( Preferably Bread Flour)
2 Tbsp Sugar
1 tbsp Salt
1 1/2 tbsp Yeast
1 Tbsp Milk Powder( optional)

Procedure

 Warm the milk to 110F, It is basically just about hot, keep your finger for 5 sec and you will want to take it out. Put yeast in it and add sugar and let it rest in a warm place for at least 10 min. Once proofed it full rise and become foamy. This is first check point!

 If Yeast is not good or milk is hotter than needed, it wont rise. If it doesn't then repeat this step, it is less likely that you will yeild good results if you proceed with badly proofed yeast.

Now Mix all the ingrediants and Keep kneading the dough, dust it lightly so that it doesnt stick to working surface, DO NOT add more flour, keep kneading for atleast 10 mins or more. At this point it might still be little sticky, Apply little oil to the surface and keep it covered in warn place for about 30- 40 mins.

The dough would have risen and at this point it would have been less sticky. Resting at this stage helps to develop gluten. Apply some oil to your palm and working area and Knead it vigorously. Take out all the anger from your body and keep hitting it. Now the dough should be strech/ elastic kind off and not exactly sticky. Cover it and let it rest for another 40 min.

Now the dough would have risen double. Now punch out all the air, Divide the dough into small equal size balls.

Grease the pan/ baking tray and Place each of the ball side by side leave enough room for doubling. Smoothen each of the balls with your hand and applying oil intermittently to your palms.

Cover it and keep it at warm place for about 45  min to 1 hr

In the last 20 min, Preheat the oven to 400F. Once the bread is completely risen place them in Oven for about 12 min. Again time depends on each oven, Always Keep and eye on it. It would turn nice golden brown and your house would smell full of freshly baked bread!

See this fluffy soft pav. It is hard to tell if these are home made! If you need the recipe for Batata Vada click here

These are some pics from my some learning days, but they all tasted great!

lightly over baked ;)

not so smooth

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Laccha Paratha

Laccha Paratha is a flaky Indian flat bread. They are served with curry or dry accompaint.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour
Water
Salt
Clarified butter or oil
Some additional flour

Procedure

 Mix flour ,about a  tbsp oil , salt and water and make a make a soft dough. Cover and let it rest for 15 mins.

Now divide the dough into equal size balls and roll them to form thin to medium thickness circle.

Now apply / spread the oil/ clarified butter And then dust some flour on top of it.

Now starting at one end make pleats. Fold the sheet alternately back n forth. Then make them into coil.Now again roll them in thicker circles.

Sorry I forgot to take the rest of pics!

Heat the pan and cook it on stove top applying little oil intermittently till golden brown.

Serve you flaky Laccha Paratha with your choice of gravy.

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Masala Puri

Puri's are basically deep fried Indian bread made of whole wheat flour. This is my hubby's favorite. Very simple yet tasty Puri. This with twist to the regular puri, since it has some spices.

Ingrediants

Wheat Flour
Turmeric powder
Chili Powder
Cumin powder
Salt
Water
Oil to fry

Procedure

Mix all the dry ingrediants well and add about 2 tbsp of oil and mix well. Add water slowly to form semi  hard dough. Dough should puri should not be soft like chapati else, it will soak lot of oil while frying. 

Let the dough rest covered for about 20 mins.Now knead again for 2-3 mins. This is how it looks.

Now make small balls and roll them into circle into medium thickness. Do no roll them too thin else they turn hard/ crispy. We want a nice puff.

Heat oil. Once the oil is hot enough add the puris one by one. Let it cook on one side. Turn it and lightly pressed it with your spoon, they will puff well. Let it cook on other side.Once done remove them on tissue paper to drain excess oil.

Serve you masala puri with curry, or tea which my hubby likes or with lovely rice kheer which I like :)

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Tandoori Roti

Tandoori Roti is made from wheat flour and traditionally made in Tandoor. This version is made in the Oven and nothing less than store brought one. This recipe yields about 6 rotis. They tasted  so fresh and soft even next day!

Ingrediants

1 1/2 cup Wheat Flour
1/2 cup APF
3 Tbsp Yogurt
1/4 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Salt
Abt 1/2 cup warm water

Procedure
Mix all the above ingrediants to form a soft dough. Amount of water will depend upon the consistency of your yogurt. I had to use abt 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp water. Knead the dough well .Cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest for about half and hr.

Divide the balls into 6 parts. Then roll it into about 6 inch circles. Do not make it very thin like you do for fulkas. You will have to roll it to paratha thickness.

In the meanwhile Pre heat the oven to 500F and then keep the oven on broil. While doing this keep you pizza stone to heat in it as well. I have used my regular cookie baking tray.

Once the oven is hot enough, wet your hands and place it in the oven on Broil settings itself for about 2 mins, till golden. Let the oven heat up for couple of mins before you put in the next.

You may place couple of them at a time. Soft Tandoori roti is ready to be served with your choice of curry!

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