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Indian Fry Bread

Recipe courtesy Wooden Knife Company

Show: The Best Of

Episode: Roadside

Many Native Americans have a recipe for Fry Bread. This one listed is not ours. We have perfected our own and we hold ingredients that make ours special. One of those is tinpsula. This is a food widely used by many Native Indian tribes, and was one of the primary foods used by the plains Indians. Although tinpsula makes our bread different, there is much more than that that goes into our processes of Fry Bread.

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups warm water

Oil, for frying

Put flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Mix well, add warm water and stir until dough begins to ball up. On a lightly floured surface knead dough. Do not over-work the dough. After working dough, place in a bowl and refrigerate for 1/2 to 1 hour.

Heat oil to 350 degrees in a frying pan or kettle. Lightly flour surface and pat and roll out baseball size pieces of dough. Cut hole in middle with a knife (so the dough will fry flat) to 1/4-inch thickness and place in oil and cook until golden brown and flip over and cook opposite side until same golden brown. Dough is done in about 3 minutes depending on oil temperature and thickness of dough.

After fry bread is done top with favorite topping or, chile and cheese first, then cover with lettuce and tomatoes, onions, green chile and you have an Indian Taco.

Indian Chapati Bread

INGREDIENTS

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons olive oil

3/4 cup hot water or as needed

In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour and salt. Use a wooden spoon to stir in the olive oil and enough water to make a soft dough that is elastic but not sticky. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until it is smooth. Divide into 10 parts, or less if you want bigger breads. Roll each piece into a ball. Let rest for a few minutes.

Heat a skillet over medium heat until hot, and grease lightly. On a lightly floured surface, use a floured rolling pin to roll out the balls of dough until very thin like a tortilla. When the pan starts smoking, put a chapati on it. Cook until the underside has brown spots, about 30 seconds, then flip and cook on the other side. Continue with remaining dough.

Ingredients:

vegetable oil (for frying)

2 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon oil

1 cup warm milk

Directions

1 Heat oil in skillet til hot over med-high heat, but not smoking.

2 In a large bowl, Combine the rest of the ingredients to make dough.

3 Shape into round disks.

4 Fry shaped dough in hot oil til brown and crispy.

5 Serve hot.

Wooden Knife Fry Bread

American Indian Easy Fry Bread

Thaw out frozen bread dough and shape them in round circles and deep fry each side in hot oil until golden brown.

You can use the frozen bread dough you get at your local grocery store. Cut or tear it into little pieces, spread it out into flat pieces and fry it up.