Stuffed Cottage cheese Bhatura | Stuffed Paneer Bhatura
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Recipe type: Bhatura, Street food
Cuisine: Indian
 
Bhatura is a most loved recipe of India, it is enjoyed with curry of Chole at a wide level. This recipe of Bhatura is slightly unique because it is stuffed with cottage cheese.
Ingredients
  • Refined flour - 2 cups (250 grams)
  • Curd - ¼ cup
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Baking soda - ¼ tsp
  • Cottage cheese - 150 grams
  • Black pepper (freshly crushed) - ½ tsp
  • Red chilli flakes - ½ tsp
  • Coriander flakes - 1 to 2 tsp
  • Oil - for frying
Instructions
  1. - Take 2 cups of refined flour in a bowl, add a ¼ cup of curd to it.
  2. - Add a teaspoon of sugar, a ½ teaspoon of salt, a ¼ teaspoon of baking soda, add 2 teaspoons of oil to it.
  3. - Add a ½ cup of lukewarm water to it and knead its soft dough.
  4. - Apply some oil on your palms and knead the soft dough.
  5. - After kneading the dough, cover and keep it aside to set for 2 hours.
  6. - The dough has fermented after 20 minutes.
  7. - Apply some dry flour on your palms and punch the dough.
  8. - Take some dry flour and divide the dough into two equal portions.
  9. - Again, divide its half into the three equal portions.
  10. - Prepare the round shaped dough lumps and divide the other half into three equal parts too.
  11. - Preheat oil in a wok to fry the Bhaturas.
  12. - For the stuffing, take 150 grams of cottage cheese and grate it finely.
  13. - Add a ½ teaspoon of salt, a ½ teaspoon of freshly crushed black, a ½ teaspoon of
  14. coarsely ground dry red chilli and 1 to 2 tablespoons green coriander to it.
  15. - Lift a dough lump, cover the rest of dough lump and coat it with the dry flour.
  16. - Expand it into the diameter of 3 to 4 inches and place some stuffing over it.
  17. - Lift and seal the stuffing from all sides well.
  18. - Press it with fingers and spread the stuffing evenly.
  19. - Dust it with dry flour and press it again with the fingers.
  20. - Expand it into your desired shape and dab it using your hands.
  21. - Do not flatten it too thinly otherwise, it will split.
  22. - To fry it, extremely heated oil is required and high flame too.
  23. - Add a Bhatura to fry in the heated oil and press it with the ladle.
  24. - Flip it and fry Bhatura from other side until brown.
  25. - After frying the Bhatura, drain it out of the wok and fry all the Bhatura likewise.
  26. - Cottage cheese stuffed Bhatura is ready to be served.
  27. Serving
  28. - Serve it along with Chola, curry, dip or pickle.
Recipe by Indian Good Food at http://indiangoodfood.com/4456-stuffed-cottage-cheese-bhatura-stuffed-paneer-bhatura.html