Bhatoora

Bhatoora

Origin
Place of origin	India
Region or state	North India
Details
Main ingredient(s)	White flour (maida), yogurt, ghee or oil, yeast

Bhatoora, bhatura or batoora, (Hindi: भटूरा, Urdu: بٹورا‎, Punjabi: ਭਟੂਰਾ) is a fluffy deep-fried bread from North India. It is often eaten with chickpea curry, chole or channe, making the traditional dish chole bhature.

Ingredients

A typical recipe includes white flour (maida), yogurt, ghee or oil, and yeast. Once kneaded well, the dough is left to rise, and then small balls of it are either hand-rolled or flattened using a rolling pin. Then the bread pieces are deep fried until they puff up into a lightly browned, soft, fluffy bread, which is elastic and chewy.

A nonfried variant is the kulcha, which can be baked or cooked on a flat pan and is garnished with coriander leaves. It is cooked from the same dough.

See also

• Chana masala
• Punjabi cuisine
• Puri
• Paratha
• Roti

External links

• Bhatura recipe
• Chola bhatura recipe