Breads

Taftan

Ingredients:

• Rice flour 480 gm/2 cups

• Butter or clarified

• butter (ghee) for brushing

• Clarified butter (ghee) 180 gm/ ¾ cup

• Coriander leaves, chopped 10 gm/2 tsp

• Melon (magaz) seeds 10 gm/2 tsp

• Milk 240 ml/1 cup

• Salt to taste

• Sugar 2.5 gm/ ½ tsp

• Water 120 ml/ ½ cup

• Yeast 2.5 gm/ ½ tsp

Method:

• Sieve flour and salt together. Make a well in the flour and add water, sugar, milk, ghee, yeast and melon seeds. Mix gradually and knead into a soft dough. Divide into 4 equal balls and set aside for half an hour. Dust lightly and roll into 3 ½ inch discs, a quarter of an inch thick. Sprinkle with coriander. Put into tandoor and bake till brown in colour. Brush with ghee.

• Time: Preparation: 1 hour, Cooking: 10 minutes for each taftan

• To Serve: Serve hot with kareli ka rogan josh.