Phulka Recipe | How to make soft Phulkas
Phulka is Indian flat bread made with wheat flour and cooked directly on flame.
Servings 10 -12
Ingredients
- Wheat flour 2 cups
- Water 1 cup minus 1 tbsp
- Salt ¾ tsp or as required
- Oil 2 tsp
Instructions
- Take wheat flour in a bowl and add salt.
- Then add water little by little and bring together to form dough
- Add oil to it and knead it nicely. Punch the dough and apply pressure and knead the dough. You can throw the dough from little height and knead.
- Dough should be elastic, soft and pliable. Cover and keep it aside for 20-30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into small lemon sized balls.
- Take each ball, dust it with little flour and flatten them.
- Roll them into small round roti uniformly.
- Heat kadai and place the rolled roti on it.
- Cook till it form little bubbles and flip the roti.
- Cook till brown spots form.
- Carefully transfer the roti to direct flame with less cooked side facing the flame.
- Make sure to remove them immediately once it puff up and remove from the flame using tongs.
- Apply ghee/oil if required and serve hot.
- Repeat the same for rest of the dough.
- Serve soft phulka with any gravy of your choice.
Notes
Add water gradually while making dough as amount of water depends on the wheat flour.
Dough should be soft and pliable and not too sticky.
You can use milk while kneading to make it more soft.
Apply pressure and knead the dough. You can use stand mixer to roll the dough instead of manual kneading.
Roll them uniform on all sides. otherwise roti will not puff up.
Resting time, kneading and rolling is the key to make soft phulkas.
Roll them in smaller size so it exactly fits the stove burner. Otherwise it may not puff up fully.
Carefully use tongs to remove the phulka