Step by step instructions on how to make Bhatura, the popular puffed deep fried Indian bread!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 75 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 95 minutes
  • Yield: 8 bhaturas
  • Category: Recipes
  • Cuisine: Kitchen notes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour (260 grams, also known as maida)
  • 1.5 tablespoons semolina (also known as sooji)
  • 1.5 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 pinch baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup plain yogurt
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk (as needed to knead the dough)
  • oil for deep frying (use vegetable or canola)

Method

  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.
  2. Then add oil and rub it into the flour mix with your hands.
  3. Add yogurt and mix. Then a dd milk, little at a time to knead the dough.
  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.
  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.
  6. After 1 hour, divide dough into 7 to 8 equal parts, let the dough balls rest for 5 minutes.
  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.
  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.
  9. Transfer to tissue paper to drain oil. Serve bhatura with chole!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.