Zunka Bhakar (Gram Flour Paste and Millet Bread, Street Style)
マハラシュトラの農民の魂！スパイシーなおからペーストと素朴な雑穀パン
Description
Rustic local dish wiping spicy paste (Zunka)—boiling down Besan (chickpea flour) gooey with onions/mustard seeds—with hard bread (Bhakar) made of millets like Jowar (sorghum).
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chickpea flour
- Jowar flour(Millet)
- Onion
- Garlic
- Green chili
- Mustard seeds
- Cumin
- Turmeric
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 100g Besan (chickpea flour), 300ml water,
- tbsp minced onion,
- tsp each mustard seeds/cumin,
- minced garlic clove,
- green chilies, 1/
- tsp turmeric,
- tbsp oil, Bhakar dough (150g Jowar/Sorghum flour, boiling water, salt).
- Heat oil in pan, pop mustard seeds/cumin, fry massive minced garlic, green chilies, onions fragrantly.
- Dye yellow with turmeric, instantly pour 'Besan (chickpea flour)' liquid dissolved without lumps in little water.
- Cooking on low, stir continuously/vigorously with spatula. In mins, Besan absorbs moisture transforming into chewy 'spicy okara'-like yellow paste (Zunka).
- On another griddle (Tawa), knead Jowar (millet) flour with boiling water, spread thin/round slapping with palms, baking gluten-free bread (Bhakar) rustically without oil.
- Plate piping hot Zunka, garnish with raw onions/green chilies, serve alongside fresh-baked hard Bhakar. Millet's wild savoriness and garlic-flavored bean paste umami make you feel earthy energy—Maharashtra soul food.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Knead Kinako with water frying with spices (as chickpea flour sub)
Pairing
Cold Buttermilk(Chaas)、Raw onion
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Zunka' is chickpea paste, 'Bhakar' is millet bread. The ultimately cheap, nutritious (high-protein, gluten-free) worker's meal eaten by Maharashtra farmers during fieldwork breaks. Even in mega-cities like Mumbai, stalls/specialty diners exist as 'taste of hometown'; its unadorned visual and strong garlic flavor breed enthusiastic fans.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Tear hard millet bread (Bhakar), generously scoop piping hot yellow paste (Zunka) using thumb/index finger, eating wildly while biting raw green chilies!
Allergen
Soy (Lentils)