West Indian
Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
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Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Mix the bajra flour with the salt in a bowl.
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Gradually add warm water, kneading firmly with your hands, this dough doesn't hold together like wheat dough so work quickly before it dries out.
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Divide the dough into 8 balls and keep them covered with a damp cloth.
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Pat each ball out directly on a piece of parchment or between wet palms into a thick round about 5 to 6 inches wide, bajra dough can't easily be rolled with a pin.
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Carefully transfer to a hot tawa, cook on medium heat, sprinkling a few drops of water on top and flipping once the underside firms up.
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Cook both sides until light brown spots appear and the bhakri is cooked through, pressing gently with a cloth to help it puff.
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Serve hot with a smear of ghee, alongside shaak and chaas.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Jowar Bhakri (Sorghum Flatbread) |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 220 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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