Rawa Bhakri: 10-Min Recipe

Make Chef Dinesh Mhatre's semolina flatbreads in 10 minutes with merely 3 ingredients. Tasty. Soft, yet slightly crisp. Serve warm with chutney or thecha and dig in.

Bhakri, also known by various other regional names, is a circular, unleavened bread that is part of traditional meals in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka.

Ingredients

• 200 gm suji/rawa or semolina
• 200 ml water + a little extra cold water to mix in

Ingredients, continued

• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1 tsp salt

Method

• Bring water to a boil in a thick-bottomed saucepan and add the ghee, salt.
  Then add the rawa and mix well.

Method, continued

• Take off heat and keep aside for 10 minutes.
  Add a little bit of cold water to the mixture.
  Mix continuously for 10 minutes, till it comes together as a dough.

Method, continued

• Heat a tawa over medium heat.
  Take a small ball of the slightly-cooled dough and roll round like a chapatti.
  Roast the bhakri on the hot tawa both sides and serve warm.
• Repeat the same process for the rest of the dough; Serves 2. 

Tips
Bhakris can be served with various kinds of vegetarian or non-veg curries or simply plain with pickle or thecha (a spicy Maharashtrian condiment for which red/green chillies are ground to a paste with ingredients like garlic, lemon, green mango).