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Bakarkhani

Feb-28-2017
Rita Arora
59 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Bakarkhani RECIPE

Kashmiri delicacy – a thick roti with biscuit like texture.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Festive
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Baking
  • Breakfast and Brunch
  • Egg Free

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. Refined flour 2 cups
  2. Baking powder 1/2 teaspoon
  3. Salt to taste
  4. Sugar 2½ teaspoons
  5. Milk 3/4 cup
  6. Dry yeast 1teaspoon
  7. Raisins 12-14
  8. Charoli/chironji 1 tablespoon
  9. Screw pine (kewda) water 1 teaspoon
  10. Ghee melted 5 tablespoons
  11. Almonds blanched, peeled and sliced 10

Instructions

  1. Sieve together refined flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
  2. Add sugar to the milk and heat in the microwave for 30-40 seconds or till the sugar melts. Remove from heat and mix.
  3. Place yeast in another bowl, add 1/4 cup (50 ml) of warm water and set aside to dissolve for 3 minutes.
  4. Soak raisins and chironji in 1/2 cup warm water and set aside for 5 minutes.
  5. Make a well in center of the sieved flour, add sweetened milk, screw pine water and dissolved yeast and mix to make soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and set aside for 10 minutes.
  6. Gradually add 3 tablespoons of melted ghee to the dough and knead till it gets incorporated into the dough. Add almonds, raisins and chironji. Knead, cover and keep it in a warm place for 30 minutes to allow the dough to rise.
  7. Preheat the oven to 230º C.
  8. Divide the dough into equal portions, make balls, cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
  9. Flatten balls and roll them out into oblong shapes of 1/4 cm thickness. Prick the entire surface with a fork.
  10. Arrange them on a baking tray and bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes.
  11. Remove from oven, brush bakarkhanis with the remaining ghee and serve hot.

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Romaine Reynolds
Jun-05-2020
Romaine Reynolds   Jun-05-2020

Thanks for the cookies recipes on your blog that would be really delicious as well. All the updates for the food lovers available and they should have to visit and grab the delicious food stuff for themselves. Keep it up to bring the food recipes on your resume planet review blog.

Preeti Gurung
Mar-09-2017
Preeti Gurung   Mar-09-2017

This is a truly Authentic Kashmiri recipe, always wanted to try it, thanks!

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