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Battura
February 17th, 2008 filed under Breads
Battura is fried puffed bread and is traditionally served with chola (chickpeas). The combination is called Chola Battura and is very popular with youngsters.
Makes 8 Batturas.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
- 4 tablespoons sooji (semolina flour)
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons yogurt
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 3/4 cup lukewarm water (adjust 1 or 2 spoons as needed)
Also needed:
- Oil to fry
- 1/4 cup flour for rolling
Method:
- Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water and let it sit for 10 minutes or until the mixture becomes frothy.
- Add sooji, sugar, and salt to the flour and mix well.
- Next mix oil and yogurt with flour. Add yeast water to the flour and make into soft dough; add more water as needed to make soft pliable dough.
- Cover the dough and keep in a warm place for 3-4 hours. The dough should become almost double in volume.
- Knead the dough well and divide the dough into 8 equal parts.
- Shape dough into balls and roll into roughly 6 or 7 inch circles. Dust lightly with dry flour to help with the rolling.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on high heat. To check if oil is hot enough place a small piece of dough in oil and dough should floats to top right away.
- The frying pan should have at least 11/2 inch of oil.
- Place the Batura in the frying pan and press it with a skimmer. This will make batura puff like a ball. Turn the batura; batura should be light creamy brown on both sides. Take the batura out and place them on paper towel to absorb the extra oil. Be sure to fry the batura in hot oil, otherwise batura will be very greasy.
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Hi Manjula Aunty,
I am so glad thati found ur website and trid so many dishes like besan ke ladoo,rasgulle,paneer,shahi
paneer etc but today i want to make battura which is my hubby favourite.I just want to ask one question that i don’t have
yeast.Can firmentation takes place without yeast as well?? What i can do to compensate it ?
Regards
Ritu Sharma
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Your recipes are simply amazing and most of all you make it so simple to make them. I just have one question : is there a substitute to using yeast in this recipe ?
Sorry, but there is no substitute for yeast in baking breads.
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I do not have yeast with me. Could you please let me know what to use alternatively.
Thanks
Anju
There is no substitute for yeast when making breads that must rise. You will have to purchase yeast.
you can make bhatura without yeast also. i always use baking soda 1/2 to 1 tsp
for 4 cups of flour. amd mix with plain yogurt only. no water. it comes out excellent
or use self raising flour, it has everything in it. no baking soda then
hi anju…try eno…1 to 1 1/2 teaspoon eno is good enuf for 200gm-250 gms of maida
thank you for a fast reply!
Batura needs to be fried on very high heat.
hi
do we have to keep the heat on medium or high?