Bread Bhatura Recipe |How to make quick bhatura with bread

The food from the state of Punjab is extremely popular throughout India and one can find many restaurants catering to this world famous cuisine. I am sure everyone  is fond  of the world famous combo food Chana-Bhatura but as it’s high on oil and calories we eat that once in a while,

bhatura are leavened fried breads that are usually served with spicy chickpea curry, which we call chole masala or chana masala. as the recipe title suggests, this recipe of bhatura is made with bread slices. apart from bread, whole wheat flour/atta is also added.

I found Bhatura made in this  way is crispy did not soak the oil  and also  it did not turn chewy on becoming cold unlike the regular bhaturas. One can make this completely with refined flour but being  health conscious I replaced the maida largely and made a whole wheat version.

This bread bhatura recipe does not require yeast. neither you need any other leavening agents like baking powder or baking soda. the bread slices impart the yeast like flavor and taste, without the addition of any dry or instant yeast. 

recipe source :vegrecipesofindia

Ingredients

2 cups whole wheat flour/atta or maida

3 regular slices of whole wheat bread/multi grain bread/white bread

1 tbsp fine unroasted sooji/semolina/rava

1 tbsp curd/dahi/yogurt

1/2 cup water or add as required

salt as required

oil for deep frying

Method:

1)Take whole wheat flour/atta, sooji, salt, oil, curd/yogurt and crumbled bread in a bowl. the bread can be crumbled or made into a pulp. you can either crumble the bread slices with your hands or use a mixer. (See tip 1)

 

2)Cover and keep the dough at room temperature for min 30 minutes..

3)Later gently knead the dough again. make small or medium sized balls from the dough.brush or apply a bit of oil on a dough ball, before you begin to roll the dough.

4)Take a small portion of the dough  and roll the dough to rounds of 4 to 6 inches diameter. the thickness is slightly more than what we keep for pooris.

5)Heat oil for deep frying bhaturas. in moderately hot oil, slide the bhatura and begin to fry.with the help of a slotted spoon, nudge gently so that the bhatura gets puffed up.

turn over and fry the other side of bhatura.

6) Remove and drain the bread bhaturas on paper towels to remove excess oil.

serve bread bhatura hot with any indian chickpea curry.

Tips:

1.The bread slices have to be crumbled really well, otherwise you will get small bits and pieces of bread in the dough. for making bread pulp, just soak the bread in water. squeeze the water and add the bread pulp to the whole wheat flour. if the edges are dense like in a few days old bread, then you can slice the edges and add water in parts and begin to knead.

2.You can use either maida or wheat flour in above recipe .