The Authentic Recipe of Parsi Bhakra ( Biscuit type Donut)
Parsi Bhakra Recipe
I can proudly proclaim to be married into a Parsi bhakra loving family. I clearly remember my mother-in-law making Parsi bhakras in her Dahanu home every Sunday, cooling them and packing them in a big stainless steel box for her son. It was a ritual she never skipped, once all the other household work was done it was Parsi Bhakra Recipe time.
A big thali was taken and all the ingredients were mixed with a heavy hand. My mother-in-law would instruct the maid to knead with a heavy hand and add according to the recipe in her head. She never used measured proportions yet the bhakras turned out delicious every time. The next day she would travel from Dahanu to Mumbai by Flying Rani carrying a heavy load of bhakras and other goodies for the family.
Deolali Bhakras
This routine has stopped but our love for bhakras still continues. I pick up bhakras from RTI (Ratan Tata Institute) sometimes. This time round when we were in Deolali, Tezeen from Ratiz Kitchen who runs the canteen for the sanatorium had a fresh batch of bhakras made. She sells them for Rs 120 a dozen which I found quite reasonable. She also makes Dal ni Pori and a whole lot of other items. I can vouch for the quality and freshness.
Sharing my Parsi Bhakra Recipe
Ingredients
600 gm Wheat flour
300 gm Semolina
3 egg
4 green Elaichi (cardamon) powder.
150 gm Castor sugar
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg powder
1 cup of Refined oil
Salt as required
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup yogurt (curd)
Method
- Take a big thali to avoid spillage of flour and making a mess. Combine all the dry ingredients first. Flour, rava, baking powder, green cardamom (powdered), nutmeg powder, salt and mix well.
- Then add powdered sugar, beaten eggs to the previous mixture and stir thoroughly.
- Now stir in curd to this mixture in order to make a soft dough. Use your hands to make circular motions in the thali. Get it into a smooth dough and cover it with any cloth or lid. Let it rest for two hours.
- Now with the help of a rolling pin, roll the dough and make thick round balls from the dough. You can use a Katori as a cutter to get even shaped rounds.
- Take a kadai and heat oil in it on medium flame. Flatten the balls and fry them and brown from both sides.
Sometimes they rise like puris and remain soft. Or you may get a batch of slightly harder biscuit textured bhakras. Any which way, they must be cooled before storing them in airtight containers. Serve as a snack during tea time.
Do try out this easy recipe and let me know how it turns out. Now let me enjoy my evening cup of tea with bhakra. ??
Also, check out my Bajra ka laddu recipe
17 Comments
divya
nic …..keep it up
Shaivi
Wow! This sound like a simple yum snack. Will definitely try.
sweetannu
Glad you liked it, do try it out and let me know how the bhakras turned out.
Everything on a plate
Can’t wait to try this out!
pushpendra dwivedi
looking delicious feel yummy
gauri
vry nice recipe.
Karan Singh
I have tasted Parsi Bhakras before also this is so good in taste, yummy!! Thanks for sharing this will try at home
sweetannu
Glad you like bhakras.
Mayura Amarkant
Such a yummy recipe! Will surely try it out. Thank you for bringing this authentic Parsi dish to us. Keep writing 🙂
Neha Rai
I love donuts but most of the donuts contain egg and hence I cannot eat it because I belong to a strictly veg. family. This one type of donut is vegeterian and looks yummy. I would definitely love to try at home. Thanks for sharing!!!
Sakshi Aggarwal
It’s really yummy recipe..
Mich
By reading only i became hungry. Someone please give me for free. 😀
Suparna S ghosh
Look delicious must try ?♥️ nicely written each in detail
kapish rawat
#foodie blogger
Diana
Castor sugar means?
sweetannu
Powdered sugar. Like flour. Not granules. You can powder the sugar in a mixer.
Rashna
Can you please tell me when I fry my bhakras why do they break up (fati jai).