Puri Puffed Bread

Cooking Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Serves: 10-12


Ingredients:

1	Cup	Whole Wheat Flour
1/4	Tsp	Salt
1	TBsp	Oil or Butter
		Water to knead dough
		Oil for frying

How to Prepare:

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the ingredients and make a smooth dough.
2. Set aside for couple of hours.
3. Grease both hands and knead dough for a couple of minutes. 
4. Divide into equal parts.
5. Roll it and flatten with hands.
6. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. 
7. Roll the dough to make a round shape as much as possible. 
8. Fry them gently one after another. 
9. Drain the puris on paper towel for excess oil.

Tips:

• The shape of puri does not matter. 
• Oil has to be a certain temperature so puri can puff up.
• Be careful of oil not to get on hands. 
• Puri goes with Mango pulp and lots of veggies.

[Video] How to Make Roti

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Roti is very healthy and fulfilling. It is staple food from most of India.


Cooking Preparation Time: 30-45 Minutes
Serves: 12-14

Ingredients:

2	Cups	Whole Wheat Flour
2	Tsp	Oil
2	TBsp	Butter or Ghee
1/4-3/4	Cup	Water
1/2	Cup	Plain Flour
		Salt (optional)

How to Prepare:

1. Mix flour, oil and salt in mixing bowl. 
2. Add water as desired to make a dough of smooth consistency.
3. Let dough sit for 30 minutes at least.
4. Knead dough for a few minutes until it is very smooth and rollable. 
5. Divide dough equally into 12-14 pieces.
6. Powder them with flour. 
7. Roll out with rolling pin.
8. Heat the skillet. 
9. Place gently rolled out dough in the skillet on medium heat. 
10. In few seconds, bubbles will appear.  Flip dough over.  Let the other side cook for a few seconds and then remove it from the skillet.
11. Broil it on an open flame. It will puff up. 
12. Apply ghee or butter and the roti is ready.

Tips: If you are a beginner, first watch someone else make this who is experienced.

Stuffed aloo Paratha

prep time 2 hrs
serves 10-12 pcs

Ingredients:
For fillings:
6 medium potatoes boiled and smashed
1tsp green chili paste
1tsp ginger paste
chopped coriander
salt to taste
1tsp amchur dry mango powder
1tsp crushed black pepper
3 tbsp oil or ghee

For the dough:
2 cup whole wheat flour
2 tbsp of ghee or butter
water to make dough
salt to taste
white plain flour to roll
oil to skillet fry

How to make:
1.prepare the dough as roti and set aside.
2.Mash the potato add all the spices. Divide dough into 10-12 round balls so it is ready to fill.
3. Roll out dough balls into a circle and put potato stuffing in it. Make a pouch holding all the corners into center. Gently roll out dough little bit more as to flatten it.
4. In a skillet on a medium heat place paratha gently. Fry it golden brown with little bit of ghee or oil. Turn it other side . With spatula pick it up and ready to serve.

Tips: Paratha is filling. It goes great with dahi or raita even pickle.

Puran poli Sweet roti

prep time 2 hrs
serve 10-12 pcs

Ingredients:
For fillings:
11/2 cup of toovar or Channa Dal( split pea or split chick peas)
1 cup jagri or sugar brown can be used
1tsp ground cardamom
8 strands of saffron
For Dough:
2 cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp oil
water to make dough
white flour to dust
butter or ghee

How to make:
1. Prepare dough for roti as usual and set aside.
2. Cook Dal in pressure cooker or separately.
3. In a bowl mix boiled Dal cardamom sugar and saffron. Microwave Dal for total 10 Min's.
in between stir 3to 4 times.Let it cool. set aside.
4. Knead the dough and divide into equal parts as to ready to roll.
5. Make ball of Dal into equal proportions.
6. Fill Dal ball into rolled dough. Gently handle the ball and roll it evenly and smoothly.
7. In a skillet on a medium heat place gently rolled roti.
8. Turn it over once and apply ghee. turn it over twice. fry it other side.
9. Puran poli is ready and satisfying. It serves to sweet teeth.

Tips: it does require some practice and patience. But it is fun and good to eat.

Gluten free Makkai roti - corn bread/millet roti

prep time 30 Min's
serves 4

Ingredients:
2 cups corn flour or 2 cups bajra or millet flour
water
salt to taste
ghee or butter to apply

How to make:
1. Mix salt and flour together. Make a dough . It will be soft.
2. Divide into 7-8 balls.
3. If it is needed white plain flour can be used to dust off balls.
It is handy to use saran wrap to roll out dough.
4. On a medium heat on a skillet gently place roll out roti to cook.
5. Turn it over once. Place roti on open flame with the help of screen or rack.
use the tongue to cook both sides of roti. It will change color and some spots will show.
It is done. It is must with spinach sabji.
MY Favorite.

Tips: For millet Roti add 2 tbsp of whole wheat flour for easy making.
millet roti is gluten free.

Methi thapla Fenugreek Roti

Prep time one hour
serves 12

Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp oil
salt to taste
1/4 tsp astofedia
1/4 tsp turmeric
1cup frozen thawed chopped fenugreek leaves from Indian store
1/4 tsp sugar
1 cup plain yogurt
oil to skillet fry
ginger and chili paste to taste

How to make:
1. Mix all the ingredients ,mix it well then with room temperature yogurt make dough.
It is rough texture dough. It is OK. Let it sir for 1-2 hours.
2. Grease hands with oil and knead dough for couple of Min's.
3. Divide it into equal parts of same size balls. Roll it into plain white flour.
and make round shape. It may be difficult at first. It is OK.
4. Heat the skillet on medium heat and gently place thapla on skillet.
5. Turn it once after couple of seconds. Apply little bit of oil on both sides. Use spatula to turn upside down till it changes color or brown .
Hard work but Tasty!

Tips: It is known that this can bread stays longer and good for traveling.

Paratha fried Roti

prep time:35 Min's
serves 15 pcs

Ingredients:
1cup whole wheat flour
1/tbsp oil salt to taste water to knead the dough
clear butter or oil
1/2 cup plain white flour to dust

How to make:
1. In a mixing bowl mix all the ingredients and make a dough. Let it sit for half an hour.
2. Knead the dough and make balls of equal amount. Dust each ball with flour.
3. Rolling is very special. First roll out dough little bit. Now spread ghee and sprinkle some flour on it and fold in half. Again fold into quarters . Shape will look like triangle.
Roll out that triangle shape.
4. On a medium heat in a skillet gently cook parathas. Turn it over once. Apply oil or clear butter both sides and turn over till medium brown with spatula.

Paratha is very tasty .Yes it is yummy yummy!

North indian baked Bread - naan

prep time 1 hour
serves 10-12

Ingredients:
3 cup unbleached flour
1tsp sugar
2tsp butter or oil
3 tbsp warm water for the yeast
2tsp dry yeast
1/2 cup yogurt
salt to taste
1tsp kalunji seeds or black cumin

1.Sift flour.baking powder and salt.
2.Dissolve yeast in warm water and sugar.
3.Knead the dough with yogurt and butter and make it smooth.Cover it with wet cloth and set
aside to rise in a warm place for 4-5 hours.
4.Divide the dough into 10-14 portions. Roll into oblong shapes. sprinkle the kalunji seeds.
5. Bake into pre- heated oven at 400 degree .until its done. for about approximately 7-10 Min's.
Butter the Naan with garlic or plain butter. and serve with your favorite vegetables or daal.

Tips: Naan can be cooked on skillet. and can be cooked on both sides.

North Indian Bread Bhatura

Prep time 30 Min's
serves 12-14 pc

Ingredients:
2 cups plain all purpose flour
1 cup yogurt
1/4 tsp baking soda
salt to taste
oil for deep frying
2tsp butter

How to make:

1. Mix flour, baking soda butter and salt in a mixing bowl.
2. Add yogurt and make a dough. Cover and leave for 6-7 hours.
3.Knead the dough and smooth out.
4.Make small 12-14 portions of balls. Roll out the balls into rounds.
5.In a frying pan fry them as they puff up. Turn it over once. One at a time.

Tips: Batura is is must with cholay- chick peas

Masala Roti

Ingredients :
Prep time: 30 min serves 4

-4 medium potatoes boiled,peeled,cubed.
-1green chili, ginger chopped
-2 curry leaves optional
-1 tsp.cumin seeds
-1 tsp.sugar
-1 tsp fresh lemon juice
-1tbsp coriander and cumin powder
-1/4 tsp or pinch of astofedia
-1/4 tsp garam masla
-salt to taste
-2tbsp oil
-1 pkt tortillas

How to make :

1.Heat oil in saucepan on medium heat. Add cumin seeds,astofedia,curry leaves,chilli and ginger.
2.Add cut potatoes,sugar,lime juice,garam masala, salt and spices.
3.Mix it well. Set aside.

Roti
1.Heat the skillet. Warm the flour tortillas. Add masala .Roast the tortillas. cut into pieces.
Garnish it with cilantro and grated carrots.

-Delicious,easy to make and fulfilling. Enjoy!