Bhature

Bhature in Marathi

Servings: 8 to 10 medium Bhaturas
Ingredients:
1 cup sour Yogurt
2 cups Maida (Highly refined wheat flour,white in colour or All purpose flour)
salt to taste
Oil For deep Frying

Method:
1) In a mixing bowl take yogurt and salt. Whisk both for few minutes. Then add maida in it. add 2-3 tbsp oil and make medium soft dough. Cover the dough with lid for 4-5 hours.
2) After 4-5 hours knead the dough again. Make 1 and half inch diameter round balls. Heat oil in a fryer or Indian style Kadhai.. Now roll the dough balls in round shape bhatura (bigger size than puri). Rolled bhaturas should not be too thick or thin.
3) Deep fry these bhaturas on medium heat until you see nice golden color and puffed surface
4)Serve hot with spicy Chhole.
5) Good Bhaturas are puffed with both sides turned golden brown.

labels:
Bhaura, Indian Bread, Fried Bread Recipe, Maida

Essential Oils for Henna - What oils are safe to ship by Mail?

I will not be offering a new henna kit this year. As I will now ship only by US Mail, most of the good terps can't go by mail. Although the quantities of oils shipped in a kit are quite small, I feel it is better to be safe than sorry.

Here is a link to very helpful information about essential oils and their shipping status from Camden Grey.

Oils that can ship by mail under certain circumstances:

• Lavindin Grosso: Flashpoint 151°F
• Geranium: Flashpoint 185°F
• Neroli: Flashpoint 154°F
• Clove Bud: Flashpoint 212°F

Oils that cannot ship by mail according to the professionals at Camden Grey include:

• Eucalyptus Oil: Flashpoint 109°F (Cannot ship via air or ocean w/o appropriate documentation, cannot ship via postal air services.) UN#2319
• Lavender Bulgaria: Flashpoint 125°F (Cannot ship via air or ocean w/o appropriate documentation, cannot ship via postal air services.) UN#1993
• Lavender French: Flashpoint 125°F (Cannot ship via air or ocean w/o appropriate documentation, cannot ship via postal air services.) UN #1993 Flammable Liquid
• Tea Tree: Flash point 130°F. (Cannot ship via air or ocean w/o appropriate documentation, cannot ship via postal air services.) UN#1993
• Cajeput: Not to be used on pregnant women! Flash point: 120°F. (Cannot ship via air or ocean w/o appropriate documentation, cannot ship via postal air services.) UN#1197

All these oils have been shipped to me via ground transportation carriers like UPS, DHS and Fed EX so I have plenty on hand for henna here in town.

My most successful henna blends do include Tea Tree, Lavender & Clove. Another good blend however is Geranium, Neroli & Clove. While I have seen numerous cautions about the use of Clove Oil in henna blends, it is my experience that a drop or two has not caused any problems to date.

I do offer all my clients an informed consent to sign that lists all ingredients used in their henna paste, and only one person in 5 years has been unable to get a tattoo because of a known allergy to cloves.

I hope you find this information helpful. I did! I may choose to change my shipping plans to make a weekly trip to the UPS store to ship henna kits by ground transportation. I will also do some more investigation to see if there are exceptions to shipping these oils by volume. (I hope so.)