Hi everyone
When I was a child we would go to the flea market on the weekend and we would always line up in front of a little caravan to get Maori fried bread with lashings of butter and golden butter..ok not great for the diet.
Its a wonderful memory but the time to go to the market now is rare and so Ive made sure to talk to some Aunties to get recipes for the bread. My favourite is one which doesnt use yeast, rather it uses soda water.
Ingredients
3 cups self raising flour
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 cups soda water
1 1/2 to 2 litres canola oil
Heat the oil to medium heat.
Reserve one cup of the flour aside and put the rest in a bowl with the salt. Make a well in the middle and and the soda water. Gently mix.
The mixture will be wet which is fine. as you continue to mix the dough add the reserved flour a small amount at a time. Flour a bench and place the dough on it. Knead the dough until soft but you dont need to exercise those muscles in your arms too much as if you over knead it the dough will be tough.
Flatten the dough to about 2 to 3 cms thickness and cut into pieces.
Place a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should float. If it doesnt then the oil is not hot enough. Cook until the bread is golden.
Drain and enjoy. xx
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