Luchi
Luchi is a deep fried Bengali specialty made with all purpose flour and is delicious with cholar dal or alur dum!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tbsps ghee or oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- water warm for kneading
Instructions
- Sift flour with salt once in a large bowl.
- Add oil or ghee to the same and mix till incorporated.
- Make a well in the middle and add 1/2 cup of warm water. Gently mix the water and flour and start kneading.
- Add a little more warm water if the dough feels very dry. We are looking at a firm dough.
- Knead for about 3-4 minutes till you have a smooth dough.
- Cover with the dough with a wet muslin cloth and let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
- Divide the dough in about 20 small round balls.
- Roll out each dough ball to 1/4 inch thickness and set them aside on flat dishes or similar.
- While you are rolling the luchis, heat the oil in a kadhai on medium heat.
- When the oil is hot, fry luchis for about 1 minute on both sides. We are not looking at browning them.
- Serve hot with Chholar Dal.
Notes
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