Bread Porichathu
Also known as Bread Roast · Veg · Snacks & Starters
Good for: Party, Rainy Day
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A short video for every step, so your hands never have to leave the pan.
Bread porichathu, a Kerala snack of bread triangles dipped in a rice flour and black sesame batter and deep-fried. Mild, serves 6, 15 minutes, with video.
Ingredients
9 itemsSunflower Oilfor deep frying
Maida1 cup
Rice Flour¼ cup
Sugar3 tbsp
Turmeric Powder½ tsp
Black Sesame Seeds1 tsp
Salt½ tsp
Water1 cup
Bread, Triangle Cut6
Contains: milk, wheat, soya, sesame.
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 6. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 220kcal | 1320kcal |
| Protein | 5g | 30g |
| Carbohydrate | 40g | 242g |
| Fat | 3.9g | 23g |
| Fibre | 1.5g | 9g |
| Sugar | 7.9g | 47g |
Cookd masalas for bread
Method
- 1
Make the batter using maida, rice flour, sugar, turmeric powder, black sesame seeds and salt. It should be a smooth runny batter.
MaidaRice FlourSugarTurmeric PowderBlack Sesame SeedsSaltWater
- 2
Cut bread into triangles and keep it aside.
Bread
- 3
Heat oil in a pot and dip the bread into the batter and fry it. Only when it’s hot or it’ll be oily. Take it out when it’s golden in color
Sunflower Oil
Before you start
- How long does Bread Porichathu take?
- 15 minutes from start to finish. That is 5 minutes of preparation and 10 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Bread Porichathu serve?
- 6. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Bread Porichathu vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Bread Porichathu spicy?
- It is mild: 1 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Bread Porichathu?
- 6 Bread, 1 cup Maida, ¼ cup Rice Flour, 3 tbsp Sugar, for deep frying Sunflower Oil, ½ tsp Turmeric Powder, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Bread Porichathu?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Bread Porichathu?
- About 220 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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