Exotic Eastern breads

Dal Puris (Mauritius)

Try these three triffic eastern breads.

Yumm, Yumm.

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Ingredienz

Imperial                                                         Metric

One paand of ‘dal’                                         600grms of ‘dal’

Too paands of flowa                                      1kg of flour

One teespoon of graand cumin                      5grms of ground cumin

One teespoon of graand fenugrek                  5grms of ground fenugrek

Arf a teespoon of turmeric                             2.5grms of turmeric

Oil an’ sawlt                                                   oil and salt

Wash the ‘dal’ an’ boil foa firty minits wiv the termuric an’ sawlt, drain, reservin’ the wautta, an’ puree. Add the fenugrek an’ cumin.

Sieve the flowa an’ sawlt in a mixin’ bowl. Make a well in the centre an’ add the reserved wautta a wittle at a time. Knead an’ make into a smoove dough, covva an’ rest foa firty minits. Divide the dough into ten even smoall bawls. Make an ‘ole in the middle of the bawl an’ add a tablespoon of the pureed ‘dal’ an’ close. Place the bawls on a flowered surface an’ flatten out into pancake size discs.

‘eat a lightly oiled ‘tawa’ oa griddle an’ cook the pancakes foa firty seconds on each side. Smear wiv oil an’ repeat to braan the puris. Job done.   

Parathas (India)

Ingredienz

Imperial                                                         Metric

Too paand of flowa                                        1kg of flowa

One pint of ‘ot wautta                                    500ml of hot water

Oil an’ sawlt                                                   oil and salt

Seive the flowa an’ arf a teespoon of sawlt into a laarge bowl. Make a well in the centre an’ carefully add one tablespoon of oil an the wautta in smoall quantities. Knead into a smoove dough, covva an’ leave foa firty minits. Divide into eight even smoall bawls an’ roll out into discs about six inchis in diameter.

Smear each wiv oil an’ fold twice to make a triangle. Sprinkul wiv flowa an’ roll out again. Cook in the same way as the Dal Puris. Piece of piss.

  

Samosas (Indian)

Ingredienz

Imperial                                                         Metric

Arf a paand of flowa                                      300grms of flowa

Arf a pint of wautta                                        300ml of water

Sawlt an’ oil                                                   salt and oil

Seive the flowa wiv the sawlt, add a tablespoon of oil an’ wautta carefully an’ knead into a smoove dough. Divide into ten an’ form ten smoall bawls. Smear wiv oil an’ dust wiv flowa.

Flatten an’ roll out to make discs of about foa inchis in diameter. Place the discs on top of each uvva dustin’ wiv flowa as it is built up into a foa inch pile. Lightly roll out the pile squashin’ the layers gentli togevva.

In a very ‘ot ‘eavy griddle cook the disc turnin’ regularly until it begins to bubble. Remove from the ‘eat, trim the ruff edges an’ separate the layers carefully. Cut the dough into foa by too inch rectangular strips. They are now ready to stuff: the most common stuffin’ is poawk an’ chilli onions but it’s fun to experiment wiv different fillins, so ‘ave a go. Fold to make enclosed triangular shapes.

The samosas should be lightly deep fried foa foa minits. Lift an’ strain off the oil on kitchin paper.