A selection of flatbread recipes

COURTESY KHATIJA EBRAHIM @ AUNTY K

GARLIC BUTTER NAAN:
2 cups self raising flour
2 tbsp oil
1½ tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
¾ cup milk & water mix
Ghee
Garlic butter

Method:
Mix flour, oil, sugar and salt in a food processer. Make soft dough with the milk and water. Cover with cling wrap and leave dough for 1hour. Divide dough into 8 balls. Roll dough into a thick triangle shape. Heat a non stick tava, brush with ghee and cook naan one at a time on both sides. When naan is cooked, brush with garlic butter and wrap in a kitchen cloth.

SAVOURY TAWA NAAN
1) 2 cups flour
2) Salt
3) 1 tsp Yeast
4) 1 tbsp Coriander/dhania (chopped)
5) 1 green chilli (chopped)
6) 2 tbsp Oil
7) 1/4 tsp baking powder
Make with either milk or sourmilk.
rest the dough for 2 hrs then make as rotis…
smear butter on tava or after removing it…..

TAWA NAAN,
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt,
4tsp Baking Powder,
4tblsp oil.
Sour Milk to make dough. Leave to stand for 15 min. Dry fry and brush garlic butter and parsley and sesame seed.

Peanut butter Biscuits

Courtesy Nasreen Ali @cardamom_pod 170g butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 full cup crunchy peanut butter 10 ml vanilla essence 8 ml baking powder 2 ml salt Approx 2.5 cups cake flour (more or less) Method Preheat the oven to 180 deg Celsius. Cream butter and sugar...

Cape Malay Koeksisters

Oil for frying 1 packet instant yeast 2 dessert spoons fine cinnamon 2 dessert spoons mix spice 2 dessert spoons fine dry ginger/fine ginger Half cup sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1 large or 2 medium potatoes (Mashed) 5 cups cake flour 4 eggs 100ml butter Half...

Chicken Karahi

Courtesy Fatima Rasool Ahmed Wash and drain your chicken pieces. Chop 2 big onions and braise in quite a bit of ghee with 2 whole garlic cloves till transparent and garlic is soft. Separately blanche 4 big tomatoes. Remove skin when soft and chop fine. Once onions are...

Chicken Ala Kiev

½ kg chicken fillet ½ black pepper ½ tsp salt ½ tsp dry dhana Butter Slice chicken fillet in half butterfly way, tenderize it with a mallet on both sides. Lay flat on table and sprinkle salt, pepper, dry dhana on 1 side, put a piece of butter o the edge of the fillet,...

Spicy Chicken Strips Recipe

Spicy chicken strips 4 pieces of chicken fillets cut into strips Marinate with: 1 teaspoon garlic 1 teaspoon ground green chillies ¼ teaspoon lemon pepper 1 tsp salt Cook with ghee for about 12 minutes Once cool dip in egg and breadcrumbs spiced with red chillies...

Yeast Tea Ring

Ingredients 4 cups flour 1 tsp salt 1 pkt dry yeast 50 grams butter ¼ cup sugar 1 egg ½ cup milk ½ water Filling: 4 Tblsp butter ¼ cup sugar Beat butter and sugar well 1 tsp cinnamon ½ cup fruit mix 1/3 cup cut cherries 2 Tblsp chopped pecan nuts Directions Melt the...