Sheermal

Submitted by Chef Patience

"Yummy little bread disks from “The Indian Menu Planner”. Cooking time is baking time per batch. Posted for the Zaar World Tour 2005."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 473.18 ml flour, sifted
• 2.46 ml salt
• 0.61 ml saffron
• 414.03 ml milk
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 236.59 ml melted clarified butter (Ghee)

directions

1. Sift flour with salt onto a large bowl.
2. In 1 ½ tbsp of milk, dissolve the saffron and set it aside.
3. The remaining milk should be heated carefully in a pot and the sugar should be dissolved in it. Allow the warmed milk to cool.
4. After making a well in the flour, pour in the now cooler milk and mix together until a soft dough is formed.
5. Cover the dough with a warm damp cloth and set aside for 10 minutes.
6. Add a little of the melted butter to the dough, kneading, until all of the butter is incorporated.
7. Divide the dough into 12 parts, cover with a warm damp cloth and set aside for 10 minutes.
8. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
9. Roll each part of the dough out with a rolling pin. They should be 6 inch circles.
10. Using a fork, prick all over the circles.
11. On a greased baking tray, bake for 4 minutes, then brush them with the milk and saffron mixture and bake for another 4 minutes.
12. Eat with melted butter brushed on while still hot.