Jowar Bhakari

Bhakri is a traditional maharashtrian recipe. It is a common food of people living in rural maharashtra. Apart from Jowar, bhakari is made made of rice flour, bajra flour, nachani flour etc. Bhakri is served with home-made white butter, Jhunka, garlic chutney and raw onions and green chillies.

Ingredients :

1 cup Jowar flour
1 cup hot water
Salt to taste
Dry jowar flour for dusting


Preparation :

Take 1 cup jowar floor into a mixing bowl

Add salt to it

Boil water into a vessel

Add boiled water into jowar flour and keep mixing continuously

Knead the mixture to make soft roti dough

Now divide the dough into 2-3 balls

To make Bhakari:

Heat tawa for 2 minutes

Dip the jowar flour ball into jowar flour

Take it in a flat plate and press it

Keep on patting the ball to make circular roti 

Use dry flour if the flour is sticking to the hands

Pat the ball till it becomes circular and semi thick

Now put the bhakari on hot tawa

Apply little water to the upper surface and spread it all over with hand 

Turn it on tawa when the water evaporates 

Allow it to cook for a minute

Now take away tawa from the flame

Roast the bhakari on direct flame from one side

Bhakari is ready

Serve it with a dollop of home-made white butter, garlic chutney and Jhunka

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