Yemeni Bakhmri | Yemeni Khameer | Yemeni Doughnuts

Yemeni Bakhmri | Yemeni Khameer | Yemeni Doughnuts

Bakhmri or khameer, is a traditional bread from Yemen. Yemeni Khameer is similar to doughnuts with a tad bit of sweet taste. These are served with a hot cup of Adeni Chai.

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Finger food, Snacks

Cuisine Arabic, Yemeni

Keyword After school snack, Arabic bread, Arabic doughnut, Fried bread, How to make yemeni doughnut, How to make yemeni fried bread

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 30

Total Time 1 45

Servings people

Calories 364kcal

Ingredients

1 cup All purpose flour
1.5 teaspoon Instant yeast
3 tablespoon sugar
6 -7 tablespoon of warm water Milk can be used for a rich taste
1 tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon kalonji seeds
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
250 ml Oil for frying I have used sunflower oil

Instructions

Take flour, yeast and sugar in a large bowl. Mix well to get a homogeneous mixture. To this add kalonji seeds and cardamom powder. Mix well.
Add warm water to this flour mix slowly and start kneading a sticky dough. Towards the end add oil and knead around 8-10 minutes to get a soft dough. ,
The dough will be sticky to touch, but does not stick to the bowl or hand. Do not add more flour while kneading, you can sprinkle a teaspoon or two.
Let the kneaded dough rest in a well-oiled bowl for an hour or until it doubles in size.
Once it doubles, take the dough out of the bowl, dust your kneading surface with flour.
Punch the dough down, divide it into two portions. Keep one portion covered, Dust the other portion, using a rolling pin, roll it down to ⅛ inch thick disc.
Cut the disc using a pizza cutter into 8 portions. Repeat the same with the other half of the dough. Let the rolled and cut dough rest for 15 minutes.
Heat oil for deep frying, deep fry the doughnuts in batches, i did one at a time. Let it puff up well, flip and cook the other side too until brown.
Remove using a slotted spoon onto a kitchen towel. Serve it warm with Adeni Chai/Arabic Shai.

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