LUCHI (DEEP-FRIED FLATBREAD)

This is typical of Oriya, Assamese and Bengali cuisine
Total time: 30 min Prep time: 10 min

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour (Maida)
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 tsp Sugar
• 2 tbsp Butter/Melted Ghee (optional)
• 1/2 cup Warm Water or as needed
• Vegetable Oil /Ghee for deep frying

Preparation:

1. Take a large bowl to blend the flour with melted ghee, salt and sugar. Use enough water to make stiff but pliable dough. Cover this dough with wet cloth and set aside for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes knead dough a little again. Make small balls of the dough and cover them with damp cloth.

3. Take one ball of dough and dip a corner of ball in melted ghee or oil and roll it out into 5 inches round. Repeat the same process to roll out all round dough.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Heat plenty of oil in a pan/kadhai until very hot. Put in round dough and immediately start flickering hot oil over the top of it with a spatula so that it will swell up like a ball.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. This should take only a few seconds. Flip the round dough over and cook the other side until golden brown.
   
6. Serve hot with vegetables curries.