Goad Bhakri

Goad Bhakri is a Goan homemade breakfast. It is a flat bread - wheat flour, jaggery and coconut are the ingredients. It has a thickness like uttapam. It is topped up with pure ghee. It is best enjoyed with a cup of coffee.

Measurement: 1 Cup = 180 ml
Makes: 2 to 3

Ingredients:

1. Wheat flour - 1 1/2 cup
2. Scrapped coconut - 1/2 cup
3. Jaggery (powdered) - 1/2 cup
4. Water - 1 1/4 cup and a bowl for dipping fingers
5. Ghee - for frying
6. Salt to taste - 1/2 to 3/4 tsp approx

Procedure:

• Take a mixing bowl and combine all the ingredients except ghee. Rest it for 10 min.
• Divide the dough into 2 to 3 balls of equal size.
• Heat a skillet and grease it with a teaspoon of ghee. 
• Take a bowl of water and dip your fingers in it. Now, take one ball of dough and place it on the skillet and press it gently giving it round shape. Make use of water for pressing it conveniently. Don't make it thin, it has a thickness.
• Pour ghee around the edges and fry it on medium flame.
• Turn over and again pour ghee around the edges, fry.
• Serve hot.

Tip:

• A pinch of cardamom powder may also be added while making dough.
• You may also prepare a savoury variant by excluding jaggery and using green chillies and coriander leaves.