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Shapik (thin
bread): The commonly used chappati is prepared from
wheat bread but before 1980s bread was also prepared from Baqla
and barley.
To prepare shapik first of all dough is prepared by mixing water in flour
and kneading it until the dough is moist enough to be gathered into a
rough mass. The dough is kneaded for some time until it not sticks the
bowl and hand. After that it is left to rest so to absorb the water.
After half an hour in summer or more time during winter the dough is
divided in to pieces of tennis ball. The pieces are then flatten with the
help of rolling sticks/pin on a flatten wooden or iron piece. The flatten
dough is then placed on a hot
flat iron pan or griddle
and applied heat. The dough turns to brownish color and ready to eat.
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Putok/Qamushdhoon: This
is the most famous and still widely used bread. This is a thick bread and
mostly used with tea on breakfast and also offered to guests with tea or
milk. This is prepared by putting well kneaded wheat flour
dough in sealed metal small container and putted into the embers of the
hearth for long time. However, nowadays china oven is used to prepare this but the taste is different from prepared in traditional methods.
The is crusty outside with soft interior.
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Baqla
Putok:
This type of putok were prepared during older time from the
dough of Baqla. The recipe and method is same of preparing common
puttok.
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Khista: This was also
very famous during older time and is still prepared in many families.
To prepare khista dough is
kept near the fire for a long time until natural fermentation produced the
desired amount of leavening. And from this dough thick breads are
prepared. Nowadays yeast are mixed for fermentation.
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Semn
Shapik:
This is a special type of sweet bread prepared during special
occasions such as Chinir . In
order to prepare this dish the wheat grain is not dried but moist so that
germination and fermentation starts in grain. These grains are then
grinded to prepare fermented flour. This flour is mixed with the normal
flour and from dough of mixed flour Semn Shapik is prepared. The
bread is then eaten with oil and butter.
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Makai Putok/Shapik:
This bread is prepared from the maize flour with similar method described
above.
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Gral
: To prepare this bread flour is
mixed briskly into water with other materials to prepare a mixture. The
iron griddle or pan is then heated and small amount of the mixture is
spread over the griddle. To avoid sticking of mixture some oil is also
poured on the griddle. The bread is eaten with butter/oil or
qindha (a sweet brownish material
prepared by boiling the mulberry juice for many hours).
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Qindha Putok:
To prepare this bread wheat flour dough is prepared and flattened as
thick. This is than putted in boiling qindha
(a sweet extract prepared from the juice of mulberry boiled for long
period of time).
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Dildhoongi:
This special type of thick bread is prepared during marriage and is eaten
with Buth.
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Ghilmindhi:
This is a layer of 2-3 khamali filled with Simik/burus paste
and oil. Shapik is first prepared and then Samik/burus paste and
oil layer is spread on bread. On this layer another khamali
is placed and the paste and oil is applied.
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Chamurki:
This dish is mostly prepared during
marriages and occasions of child birth. The method and recipe is very
simple. First
shapik is prepared from wheat dough and
crumbled and smashed with apricot kernal oil or melted
butter. then enjoyed with tea or any other food.