Rotis or Indian Bread

 

BHATURA –1

Ingredients Recipe Recipe
Maida 500 gms sieved (Refined flour)
Curd 2 tbspns
Salt 1 tspn
Fat 2 tspns Ghee or butter or Oil
Potatoes 3 medium boiled and mashed
Oil to deep fry
Mix the flour, curds, ghee potatoes and salt and knead into a dough.
The dough should not be too hard or too soft.
Make 15 round balls. Roll into puris with a little dry flour.
Heat oil till it smokes and deep fry.

 

BHATURA –2

Ingredients Recipe Recipe
Maida 3 cups (Refined flour)
Semolina 1 cup (Rava)
Curd 1 cup
Salt 1 tspn
Sugar 1 tspn
Oil 1 tbspn
Cooking soda ¼ tspn (Soda bi carb)
Oil to deep fry
Mix the curds in the semolina and leave for 5 minutes.
Add the flour, salt, sugar, Soda bi carb and oil and knead to dough.
Break into 12-13 balls and poll into puris.
Heat oil and deep fry.

 

METHI PARATHAS

Ingredients Recipe Recipe
Whole Wheat flour 3 cups
Fenugreek leaves 2 cups chopped
Green chilli paste 1 tspn
Cumin seeds ½ tspn
Oil 2 tbspns
Turmeric pwd 1 tspn
Salt to taste
Garlic paste 1 tspn (Optional)
Oil for roasting parathas
Mix all the ingredients and make medium soft dough.
Break into rounds and poll into Parathas.
Heat a tava or griddle and roast the parathas, adding a little oil.
Flip and roast the other side.

 

ONION PARATHAS

Ingredients Recipe Recipe
Whole wheat flour 3 cups
Onions chopped 2 cups
Cumin seeds 1 tspn
Red chilli pwd 1 tspn
Salt 1 tspn
Oil 2 tspns
Coriander chopped ½ cup
Dry mango pwd 1 tspn
Oil for roasting
Mix all the ingredients to medium soft dough.
Heat a griddle. Roll out parathas and apply oil and roast.
Flip and roast the other side.

 

NAAN

Ingredients Recipe Recipe
Plain flour 2 cups
Fresh yeast 1 tspn crumbled
Sugar 1 tspn
Oil 1 tbspn
Salt 1 tspn
Mix the sugar and yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water.
Leave aside for 5 minutes.
Add the salt and oil and the yeast and knead the dough. Knead thoroughly.
Cover with a moist cloth and keep aside for 1-2 hours.
Divide dough into 10- 12 portions. 
Heat a tava or griddle. Roll the naan. Slightly wet one side with water.
Stick the wet side to a hot tava and roast. Turn the tava upside down and roast.
Brush with butter and serve.
Can be made in a gas Tandoor.

If fresh yeast is not available, dry yeast can be used in the same way.