Chana Batura

Batura is fried puffed bread and is traditionally served with chana. This combination is called CHANA BATURA and this item is very popular with youngsters.

Makes 8 Baturas.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups plain flour or maida
• 2 tsp yeast
• 4 tbsp semolina flour (sooji)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp oil
• 3 tbsp yogurt
• ¾ cup lukewarm water or little more
• Oil to fry



Chana Batura


• ¼ cup flour for rolling

Method:

• Put the yeast in lukewarm water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, sooji and salt to the flour and mix well
• Add yogurt with flour and oil. Then add yeast water to the flour and arrange to make soft dough, a little more water may be added to make the soft pliable dough.
• Now cover the dough and keep aside in some warm place for 3 to 4 hours as the dough become almost double in volume.
• The dough divided into 8 equal parts.
• Shape of the dough into equal balls and roll into roughly 6 inch circles and use dry flour to help with rolling.
• Now heat the oil in a non-stick pan. After checking the oil is hot enough then place a mall piece of dough in the oil and dough must be floats to top right away.
• Place the Batura in the non-stick pan and press it with skimmer. In this way it will make batura puff just like a ball. Batura should be light brown on both sides.
• Now keep the batura out and place them on paper towel to absorb the extra oil.
• Batura must be fry in hot oil, otherwise it will be very greasy.