{"id":4921,"date":"2022-08-20T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesaltedpotato.com\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:45:20","slug":"fried-coconut-and-chili-flatbreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesaltedpotato.com\/fried-coconut-and-chili-flatbreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Fried Coconut and Chili Flatbreads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fried Bread Laced with Coconut, Chilies, and Shallots is a Very Good Thing.<\/h2>\n\n\n

I love all kinds of flatbreads and have made many different versions. This time around I wanted one made with dried unsweetened coconut, green chiles and shallots. And I wanted it to be a fairly puffy, so I knew I needed to use yeast. Not finding a recipe for it, I came up with my own.<\/p>\n\n\n

I used both yogurt and coconut milk for this. I like what a little yogurt does for the texture of flatbreads, and I wanted to reinforce the coconut flavor. <\/p>\n\n\n

I was able to get my hands on some really nice green finger chilies and used plenty of them – a heaping cup of finely sliced chilies. <\/p>\n\n\n

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I had no idea how the dried coconut was going to work here. I knew it would soak up some liquid, but didn\u2019t have a clue as to how much liquid would actually be needed. I just had to wing it and hope for the best.<\/p>\n\n\n

After mixing everything up in my stand mixer, I let it rise and could tell it was going to work. The dough was very easy to work with. I gathered it into 8 balls, rolled them out and stacked them on lightly floured squares of parchment. <\/p>\n\n\n

I cooked the first one in a dry skillet, but wasn\u2019t terribly thrilled with the result. Because of all the added ingredients, the crust wasn\u2019t crisping up well. That\u2019s when I decided to turn these into fried flatbreads. I heated up some vegetable oil in the skillet and gave one a try. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Oh, man, these were even better than I\u2019d imagined. That was it. Fried flatbreads it was and what a beautiful texture they turned out to be. All crispy goodness on the outside and nicely puffed, soft and chewy on the inside. We ate these along with a coconut milk fish curry and I could not have enjoyed them more. <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Fried Coconut and Chili Flatbreads<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipe by Ren\u00e9e Robinson\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t