Bharji Bread or the first one to make it out.

Bharji Bread formerly known as Curried Onion Bread

1 cup sour cream, at room temperature
3 tablespoons water
3-3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1 package active dry yeast
2 tablespoons sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons of your favorite curry powder (I used Ship)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 small onion cut into small dice
Vegetable oil or nonstick cooking spray
Small amount of melted butter

Stir together sour cream and water in small saucepan. Heat over low heat until temperature reaches 120° to 130°F. Do not boil. Combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt and baking soda in a large bowl. Spread sour cream mixture evenly over flour mixture with rubber spatula. Stir until well blended. Turn out dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead about 5 minutes adding enough of remaining flour to make a smooth and elastic dough. Place in a lightly oiled bowl and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth and let stand in a warm place to rise for about 1-2 hours or until doubled in volume.

Punch down dough and knead in the onions until completely mixed through the dough. Form into a ball or loaf shape and place in the center of a lightly greased cookie sheet. Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until doubled in volume.

Preheat oven to 375. Bake loaf 35-45 minutes until golden brown and hollow sounding when thumped. Brush with melted butter after it comes out of the oven.

Notes-This was totally Karl's idea. My idea was to make more of a filled type bread with a curried onion filling. This turned out incredible. It reminds Karl of Bharji's which is exactly what he wanted. It reminds me of onion and dill bread that we used to get when we were little kids. I'm actually going to use the sour cream base for an onion dill bread in the near future. I'm pretty sure this is also going to make killer toast so I'm hoping there will be some left after dinner tonight.

August 29, 2006-Yes, it does make incredible toast and if you top it with eggs scrambled with sourcream and cheddar cheese it makes a damn fine breakfast.

By the way if you don't know what Bharji is (also spelled bharjee, bhargee, bhagee, and bhaji) It's a yummy fried onion fritter made with gram flour (chickpea flour), curry powder cilantro and of course onions.