Indian Fry Bread or Paratha
Parathas
or Flaky Indian Fry Bread is one of the home delights that you can make
in your
own kitchen. It is similar to the chapatti, except that once you have
rolled out the dough into flat tortillas, you butter the top side and
fold it over and repeat, which gives it the wonderful flakiness. I have
listed a recipe with part wheat and part all-purpose flour, but you can
make it with all whole wheat or all all purpose white flour. This
Indian fry bread is a great addition to any meal. It can also be used
for a snack especially if you have sauce to dip in. The variations of
this recipe are great for stuffing since it is folded over.
Ingredients
2
cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
3
Tablespoon oil
1 cup water
flour for rolling
1/2 cup oil for
brushing
Directions:
In a bowl, stir the whole wheat and all purpose flour together with
the salt. Work in most of the oil into the flour, reserving about 1
teaspoon. Add about
half the water to the bowl at first and mix slowly adding the rest
until you have a nice firm dough. It will take less or more water
depending on the moisture content of the flour. Take the reserved oil
and coat your fingers and the kneading surface with it and knead the
dough on the greased surface for at least 10 minutes. The dough will
end up soft (softer than chapatti or poori) and put it back into a bowl
and cover with a damp towel and let it sit for 1/2-1 hour.
Divide the dough in half and form one half into a thick roll about 1
1/2-2 inches thick and divide it into about 8 pieces (you can divide it
into fewer pieces if you prefer larger parathas). Repeat with the other
half and cover the divided pieces with a moist towel so that the dough
does not dry out while you are working with each piece. Put a little
flour on a rolling board and take one piece and roll it out to make a
thin circle. Brush the top lightly with melted butter oil and fold the
dough in half with the butter side in the middle so that you have a
semi-circle. Roll this flat and butter again. Fold over again with the
butter side in the middle and roll flat so that you have roughly a
triangluar shape. Lightly oil a flat griddle or Tawa,
which is an Indian circular flat pan used for chapattis and Parathas.
Place the Paratha on the griddle and fry a golden brown. As one side is
frying, lightly brush melted butter on the uncooked side. Turn over and
fry the other side. Repeat this with the remaining dough. Serve the
Indian Fry Bread or Parathas warm. Enjoy!
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