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Molida
مولیدہ (molida): Hunza torn bread soaked in a sour yogurt sauce with onion, herbs and apricot oil
Molida is what Hunza and Gilgit households make on a hot summer afternoon from yesterday's bread and a pot of sour yogurt, a cooling, tangy bowl that needs almost no cooking at all. Pieces of thick bread or chapati are torn into a sauce of tart yogurt thinned with water and stirred with chopped onion, coriander, mint and green chilli, then left for a few minutes to soften before a spoon of hot apricot-kernel oil with fried onion goes on top. The bread ends up soft but not soggy, the yogurt sharp and herby, and it is eaten as a light lunch or after field work. Sweet, mild yogurt is the main mistake; molida needs real sourness. Chef's tip: use yogurt that is a day or two old, or add a squeeze of lemon, and use culinary apricot-kernel oil only, or swap in butter or walnut oil.
- Total time
- 20 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the yogurt sauce
- 14 oz sour plain yogurt
- ¾ cup cold water
- 1 /2 tsp salt
- 1 onionhalf finely chopped, half thinly sliced
- 3 tbsp fresh corianderchopped
- 2 tbsp fresh mintchopped
- 1 green chillifinely chopped
- 9 oz day-old chapatis or thick flatbreadtorn into bite-sized pieces
To finish
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Whisk 14 oz sour plain yogurt with ¾ cup cold water and 1 /2 tsp salt until smooth and pourable.
3 minStep 2: Stir in the chopped half of 1 onion, 3 tbsp fresh coriander, 2 tbsp fresh mint and 1 green chilli.
2 minStep 3: Fold in 9 oz day-old chapatis or thick flatbread so every piece is coated and leave for 10 minutes to soften.
10 minStep 4: Heat 2 tbsp culinary apricot-kernel oil, walnut oil or butter in a small pan over a medium heat and fry the sliced onion for 3–4 minutes until golden.
4 minStep 5: Spoon the hot oil and onions over the molida and serve straight away.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 340 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does molida take?
- About 20 minutes in total: 15 minutes to prepare and 5 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.
- What can I use instead of sour plain yogurt?
- Sour cream or buttermilk, same amount.
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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