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Bhabhri
Crisp fried flour strips with a sweet, sour and spicy dusting. Makes ½ kg
Bhabhri are long, thin strips of plain and gram flour dough, fried until crisp and tossed straight away in a mix of powdered sugar, chilli, citric acid and salt. They are sweet, tangy and lightly spicy at once, and a favourite tea-time nasta. Pounding the dough makes it lighter in colour and gives the strips their crisp, flaky bite. They keep for weeks in an air-tight container.
- Total time
- 70 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
For the dough
For sprinkling
Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Mix 3 ½ oz sugar, 1 tsp red chilli powder, ¼ tsp citric acid and 1 tsp salt in a small bowl and keep aside.
Step 2: Mix 9 oz plain flour, 3 ⅛ oz gram flour (besan) and 2 tsp salt. Add ½ cup water a little at a time and knead into a firm dough.
Step 3: Pound the dough with a pestle (or the end of a rolling pin), folding it over now and then, until it becomes noticeably lighter in colour.
10 minStep 4: Divide the dough into 4 parts. Roll each into a thin, large round, about 2 mm thick, and cut into long strips about 1 cm wide.
Step 5: Heat oil in a deep pan over medium heat. Fry the strips in batches until crisp and pale golden, then lift them out with a slotted spoon.
15 minStep 6: Immediately sprinkle a little of the sugar mixture over each hot batch and toss so it sticks.
Step 7: Cool completely and store in an air-tight container.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 240 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 31 g
- Fat
- 11 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does bhabhri take?
- About 70 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 30 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegan?
- Yes. It has no meat, fish, dairy or eggs.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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