How to make Bhatura

Step 1

In a late bowl whisk together flour/maida with semolina/sooji, sugar and salt. Add baking powder, 2 pinches of baking soda and mix well.

Step 2

Then add oil and rub it into the flour mix with your hands.

Step 3

Add yogurt and mix. Then add milk, little at a time to knead the dough.

Step 4

Use a stand mixer to knead well for 5-6 minutes or knead for 10 minutes with your hands until smooth dough is formed.

Step 5

Apply little oil on top of the dough, cover it with a damp cloth and then keep in a warm place for at least 1 hour.

Step 6

After 1 hour, divide dough into 7 to 8 equal parts, let the dough balls rest for 5 minutes.

Step 7

Meanwhile heat oil in a kadai/wok on medium-high heat. Oil should be sufficiently hot, if you drop a piece of dough into the oil it should come up briskly. That's when the oil is ready to fry the bhatura.

Step 8

Roll each dough into circle or oval shape, it should neither be too thick nor thin. Add the rolled bhatura to hot oil and press gently with a ladle, until it starts to puff. Fry both the sides until brown.

Step 9

Transfer to tissue paper to drain oil. Serve bhatura with chole!