bengali luchi

Desciption

this is the basic bengali fried bread, but with significant modifications to the process using a few modern tools unavailable to grandmothers so that you no longer need years of practice to get everything right.

Steps

In a large mixing bowl
Put the flour
Make a small whole in the middle
Put the ghee and the salt
Mix the flour and ghee by hand for a minute or so till the ghee is fully incorporated
Add the water a little at a time
Kneading the flour till a firm
Smooth
Pliant dough is obtained
Let the dough sit for 30 minutes
On a greased countertop
Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into an even sheet about 1 / 4" thick
Or as thin as you can handle successfully - too thin
And all kinds of things will go wrong and unlike popular belief
Thin is not necessarily a pre-requisite to puffing
Use a pasta roller
If you have one
Use a 3-4" round cookie cutter to cut out as many discs of dough as possible
Knead up the remaining dough and repeat
Fancy shapes are also possible - they will all puff
In an 8" wok or round-bottom pan
Put at least 3-4" of some kind of light oil
For those less concerned with calories
You can use a mixture of ghee or even all ghee
When the oil is just below smoking hot
Put the discs in one at a time and use a metal slotted spoon to push down very lightly and immerse the dough in the oil
It should start puffing in seconds
The main trick to puffing is to make sure that the luchi is still substantially immersed in the hot oil when the puffing completes
"if your puris are not puffing well
Make sure that theres enough oil to substantially immerse the puris in while theyre puffing
And also that the oil is hot enough"
When fully puffed
Turn it over
Lightly brown the other side for a few seconds and take out onto a kitchen towel or in a large colander to drain the excess oil

Step 17

Total Time in Minute 50

Ingredients Count 5

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bengali luchi

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Steps

Step 17

Total Time in Minute 50

Ingredients Count 5

Ingredients

All-purpose flour

Ghee

Salt

Water

Sunflower oil

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