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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

How to prepare Kashmiri yeast bread

Serves: 6
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients:
1/2 kg wholewheat flour (aata), 1 tsp aniseeds crushed roughly,
3/4 cup milk, Ghee, 1 tsp sugar, Salt to taste, 2 tbsps yeast softened

Steps to prepare Yeast bread:
  • Melt sugar in the milk
  • Mix flour, aniseeds, milk, salt, 1 tbsp ghee and the yeast. Knead till the dough is soft.
  • Leave till doubled in size.
  • Make into lemon-sized balls and roll out rotis. Cook on a griddle and then on an open fire so that rotis puff up.
  • Serve with hot ghee.

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