Goa

Goan poi

Name: Goan poi
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Goan
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups atta plus wheat bran or atta for dusting whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour); 3/4 cup maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 1/2 tsp instant dry yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 1 1/2 tsp salt; 1 1/3 cups warm water

Hollow, bran dusted pocket bread from Goa's bakers. Stuff it with chorizo, bhaji or just butter.

150 minTime

8 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayWhole wheat pocket bread coated in bran.

The original

233kcalsame

8 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

150minutessame

Goan poi.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Whole wheat flour (wholemeal atta flour, chapati flour)3½ cups atta, plus wheat bran or atta for dusting

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)¾ cup

Instant dry yeast1½ tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Salt1½ tsp

Water1⅓ cups, warm

Method

4 steps

1Mix flours, yeast, sugar, salt and water and knead 10 minutes into a soft dough. Rise 1 1/2 hours.
2Divide into 8, roll into balls, then flatten to 1 cm discs. Coat well in bran.
3Rest 30 minutes on a floured tray.
4Bake on a hot tray at 240 C for 8 to 10 minutes.

Serve it like this

Split the pocket and fill with chorizo, potato bhaji or butter. Serve warm with chai.

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Goan poi

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