Recipe: Sweet bhakras

Are you bored of the typical bakery doughnuts and looking for something new and exciting to serve your guests for dessert? Well, look no further as I have the perfect solution for you: homemade bhakra sweets. These mouth-watering ‘desi doughnuts’ hail from the finest of Parsi cuisine and are bound to leave your guests asking for more.

Ingredients:





Method

•  Mix all of the ingredients in a deep bowl.

•  Knead the mixture into a dough and leave to rest for at least two hours.

•  Roll out the dough and cut it into circles using a biscuit cutter.

•  Deep fry each circle in hot oil. Your Bhakras are now ready!

Gulnaz Mondegarian is an expert in Iranian cuisine who has co-hosted Food Diaries alongside Zarnak Sidhwa to celebrate Community Food Week

Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, December 22^nd, 2013.