Doli Ki Roti Recipe | Classic Sourdough Bread Recipe from Multan

Step 1: To prepare Doli Ki Roti Recipe, get prepped with all the ingredients required and prepare the homemade yeast water first

Step 2: In a saucepan, add water (500 ml) and bring it to boil

Step 3: Put all the ingredients listed in "Yeast Water", including cardamom, fennel seeds, chana dal, khus khus (or poppy seeds) and sugar

Step 4: Cover and boil for 2 minutes until sugar dissolves and the chana dal softens a bit

Step 5: Let it remain covered

Step 6: Wrap this saucepan in a dry and warm cloth and keep in the warmest corner of your kitchen

Step 7: Let it stay undisturbed for 24 hours exactly

Step 8: To prepare yeast, take the frothy water after 24 hours (only if it is frothy, or you need to repeat the procedure) to prepare homemade yeast

Step 9: Pass the water through a sieve and mix it with whole wheat flour (3 tablespoons)

Step 10: The batter should resemble a pancake batter, flowy

Step 11: Cover it again with lid and wrap with a warm cloth and keep in a warm place for 3 more hours

Step 12: After 3 hours exactly, the mixture should all be bubbly and frothy

Step 13: Now you may proceed with making the dough

Step 14: Take half of the homemade yeast mixture and add the ingredients under "to make roti" (flour, sugar, salt, water) and knead to make a smooth pliable dough

Step 15: Use only warm water to knead the dough

Step 16: Keep it covered like before, for 3 hours or just half hour more, to rise

Step 17: To make the filling:Clean chana dal and pressure cook chana dal, salt, turmeric, ginger with a little water for 2 whistles or till cooked soft

Step 18: drain the remaining water completely and discard

Step 19: Once the dal is cooled a bit, add spices and onion, mix well

Step 20: To make Doli Ki Roti Recipe:Heat oil in a deep frying pan on medium heat

Step 21: Pinch out a ball of more than a lemon size and make an indent in it to fit the filling

Step 22: Fill about 2 tablespoons of filling and close the sides of the poori

Step 23: flatten it with hands until it forms a disc of the size of the palm

Step 24: Ensure this, since the dough is soft to be rolled with a rolling pin

Step 25: You can use the dusting of wheat flour if you find the soft dough difficult to handle

Step 26: Drop the flattened filled dough of Doli Ki Roti in hot oil and cook to see it puffed up and evenly golden on both side

Step 27: Keep flipping as required, till done

Step 28: Drain on a kitchen towel

Step 29: Repeat till all the dough and filling is used

Step 30: Serve Doli Ki Roti Recipe with a bowl of curd or Kasuri Methi Aur Aloo Rasedar to make a breakfast