13 dough indian Recipes

you will need, all purpose flour (i used bread flour), semolina, salt, warm water to make dough or more (i used 1 1/4 cups), oil/melted butter, for frying & spreading, original recipe required 1 cup each oil and butter...i didn tsp use that much maybe, 1/3, mix flour ,semolina & salt., add 1 cup of water( warm to the touch), stir with wooden spoon until moistened., if the dough is a bit dry add about 1 tbsp water at a time until just moistened. mine felt that it needed about 4 tbsp more or about 1/4 cup. cover the dough and let it rest for about 30 minutes., it is at this time that you may want to clean up and get your work space ready. after the 30 minutes resting time, knead the dough for 5 minutes until smooth. i used my kitchenaid mixer to do this job., divide the dough into about 9-10 dinner size rolls ., cover with kitchen towel to prevent skin from forming. spread about 2 tbsp oil on your counter top. take a roll of dough and place on oiled surface., spread into thin square sheet. lightly brush with melted butter., then fold like a business letter ( three sides). you should have a long rectangle., lightly brush with melted butter again. fold left third to center and then fold right third to center of rectangle., you should have a layered square....maybe the size of your palm. it is at this point that you may want to let it rest a bit., roll this square into a big square of 9x9 inch square( or thereabouts...doesn tsp have to be exact it could be smaller). the layers might move about on you a bit ...just be gentle and try to make it look like a square. if you let it rest a bit you won tsp have this problem. fry on preheated griddle or in a skillet on medium/low heat. you may add some oil and butter ( about 1 tbsp) in the hot skillet. i usually squirt a bit of oil from my oil dispenser and add a bit of butter to help with the browning. place the layered paratha(bread) and let it cook until the top seems a bit dry.* flip over and add a bit more butter/oil. press on the bread a bit, with a spatula, so that the second side gets brown as well., while it is cooking , i roll out the second dough...using the same method(while keeping an eye out on the skillet. i guess you can make them all ahead and this way you don tsp have to worry about watching the skillet. it might actually be better that you do them all in advance..., this bread is best eaten hot ...maybe right out of the skillet ., variation, i did a few parathas , where i added some chives, in the folding process. in case you would like to try this version, here are a couple of pictures.

boneless, skinless chicken thighs, kosher salt, black pepper, olive oil, plus more for the dish, yellow onion, thinly sliced, carrots, diced, garlic, finely chopped, low-sodium chicken broth, ground cinnamon, grated ginger, plain whole-milk yogurt, golden raisins, toasted almonds, chopped, basmati rice, sheets phyllo dough, thawed (optional), butter, melted (optional)

whole wheat flour, plus extra for kneading and rolling out dough, salt, water

wheat flour , add to this, salt, chili powder, jeera powder (cuminseed), oil, water , from the grated radish,for kneading the dough (will be explained below), diakon radish, grated (after grating squeeze out the water/juice, use it for kneading dough), ajwain (available from indian stores) (optional), turmeric powder, jeera powder, onion, grated ,juice squeezed out discard this, salt, chili powder, cilantro leaves, finely chopped, oil (for frying )

canola oil, chopped white onion, serrano chiles with seeds, sliced (can use more depends on how spicy you want it), chopped garlic (about 2 tsp), garam masala, grape tomatoes or other, coarsely chopped and seeded, fresh lime juice, coarsely chopped cilantro leaves, salt and freshly ground black pepper, homemade pizza dough or 1 (16-oz) store-bought dough, olive oil, for grill, fresh mozzarella cheese, shredded

plain yogurt, unsalted butter, pure chile powder, ground cumin, ground coriander, cayenne pepper, sheets of phyllo dough, thawed, cilantro leaves, snipped chives, mint leaves, radishes--3 cut into matchsticks, 1 thinly sliced, diced red onion, jalapeno, seeded and minced, heavy cream, salt, sliced smoked salmon

types of pastry dough, basic savory, coconut ginger, lemon poppy seed, vienna, indian yogurt, tortilla, egg pasta, cream cheese, chineese dumpling, chapati

flour, baking powder, smidgen salt, water , to make a dough, oil (for frying ), sugar or tomato sauce or honey

tube pizza dough (pillsbury thin crust works the best ), olive oil, ground cumin, garam masala, sesame seeds (see prep note!)

canola oil, garlic, thinly sliced, greens, coarsely chopped (swiss chard , spinach, or any combination - i used swiss chard and removed the stems), fresh mustard greens, coarsely chopped, hot curry powder (can use more , depends on how spicy you like it), homemade pizza dough or 1 (16-oz) store-bought dough, olive oil, for grill, fresh mozzarella, shredded, shredded fontina cheese, goat cheese, crumbled, crumbled paneer