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Dashmi
Dashmi (दशमी): soft Maharashtrian milk and jaggery flatbread that keeps for days
Dashmi is the bread Maharashtrian mothers make for pilgrimages, school trips and the first days of a long journey: wholewheat dough kneaded with warm milk instead of water and sweetened with jaggery, cooked on a tawa until soft and spotted. Milk and ghee keep it tender for two or three days without a fridge in cool weather, and children eat it plain or with pickle. The common mistake is rolling it too thin and cooking it on a fierce tawa, which makes it crisp like a khakhra; it should stay soft and pliable. Chef's tip: stack the dashmis in a cloth as they come off the tawa, so the trapped steam softens them further.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
- 2 ⅛ oz jaggerygrated
- ¾ cup whole milkwarm
- 1 pinch salt
- ¼ tsp ground cardamom
- 2 tbsp gheedivided
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Stir 2 ⅛ oz jaggery into ¾ cup whole milk until it dissolves completely.
Step 2: Mix 9 oz wholewheat flour (atta), 1 pinch salt, ¼ tsp ground cardamom and 1 tbsp ghee in a bowl, rubbing the ghee in. Add the sweet milk gradually and knead for 5 minutes into a soft, smooth dough. Cover and rest for 15 minutes.
5 minStep 3: Divide into 8 balls. Roll each into a 15 cm round about 3 mm thick, dusting with a little flour.
Step 4: Cook on a tawa over a medium-low heat for about 1 minute per side, until light brown spots appear; jaggery scorches easily, so lower the heat if it darkens fast.
16 minStep 5: Brush lightly with the remaining 1 tbsp ghee and stack in a clean cloth. Cool completely before packing; they keep for 2 days at room temperature in cool weather, or 4 days in the fridge.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 8 g
- Carbs
- 52 g
- Fat
- 10 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does dashmi take?
- About 40 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- 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 jaggery?
- Dark brown or muscovado sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
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