Taftan

Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 1-2 hours
Category: Veg
Ingredients

• Refined flour (maida) 1 3/4 cups
• Salt 1 teaspoon
• Sugar 3 teaspoons
• Yeast,Dissolved in water 1 tablespoon
• Yogurt 2 tablespoons
• Ghee 3 tablespoons
• Milk 1 cup
• Oil 1 tablespoon
• Onion seeds (kalonji) 1 tablespoon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F. Sift the refined flour into a bowl and add salt. 
2. Add the sugar, yeast and yogurt and mix well. 
3. Add two tablespoons ghee and knead well into a smooth dough by adding milk. 
4. Set aside the dough for fermentation. Brush oil on the dough and divide it into equal portions and roll each portion into a ball. 
5. Roll out each ball of dough to a round shape that is thicker at the edges. 
6. Using only your finger tips press lightly to make groves all around. 
7. Place the taftan on a baking tray and sprinkle onion seeds on it. 
8. Cook in the preheated oven or in a hot tandoor for fifteen to twenty minutes, basting with the remaining ghee once halfway through the cooking. 
9. Serve hot.