Jowari chi Bhakri/Sorghum Bread Recipe
Bhakri is a type of Indian bread made from sorghum typically known as Jowar. The Bhakris´are stable food of majority of Maharashtrian. With its humongous health benefits and nutritive values, its becoming more viral. Everyone is now preferring Bhakris´ over the typical chapati´s.
Equipment
- Flat Pan
- Spatula
- Large Bowl
- Rolling pin
- Rolling board
Ingredients
- 4 cups Jowar Flour / Sorghum Flour
- 1½ cup Water use lukewarm water.
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Take the flour in the bowl, add salt. Knead the dough by adding water to the flour slowly, as required.The dough should not be very hard or too soft, just appropriate to roll out easily.
- Make equal sized balls of the dough. Dust the dough ball in flour and start rolling it on a board.Make sure your Bhakri is approx. a cm thick and not too thin.
- On a medium heated pan, place the rolled Bhakri. Apply some water on the top surface of the Bhakri with the help of your fingers, and allow it to cook.
- Once the water evaporates from the top layer, flip it and cook on the other side.
- Now place the Bhakri on direct flame and roast it on both sides.
- Once the blackish brown spots start to appear on the Bhakri, remove it from the flame.
- Your Bhakri is ready, apply Ghee/ refined butter and enjoy it hot with Pithla.
Notes
- Use lukewarm water to have soft and smooth dough.
- Add water to the dough very carefully, if the dough becomes very soft then rolling out would be difficult.
- If using a hot plate or inductive unit, repeat roasting on both sides until spots starts to appear.
- If you have difficulty in rolling the Bhakri, then place fresh foil or clean plastic bag over the rolling board and then try rolling the bhakri, also try dusting several times with flour.