Title: Cree Fried Bread
Categories: Amerind Quick
Yield: 1 Servings

5	c	All purpose flour
10	ts	Baking powder
4	tb	Sugar
1/2	ts	Salt
2	tb	Vegetable oil
2		Eggs, beaten
2	c	Water

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl, combine vegetable oil, eggs and water. Make a well in centre of flour mixture and stir in liquid, mixing it well. Put a clean towel over the bowl and let stand for 3 1/2 hours. Knead dough for about 3 minutes. Turn out onto a floured surface and roll out to 4 inch thickness. Cut pieces in triangular shapes and fry in hot fat until golden brown.

Fried bread, native fast food, is one of the most popular and widespread of native foods served at pow wows, Indian cowboy rodeos, festivals and family ggatherings. There are two basic recipes: one is a yeast-leavened bread dough, and the other is a quicker baking powder version. Fry bread is served with honey or powered sugar, chokecherry and saskatoonberry gravy or sauce. Sometimes fresh sasktoons are mixed into the raw dough. American natives in the south are known to chop onions and chilies into the dough.

A basket of fried bread and bannock placed in the middle of the dinner table at the Pitaa Native Dinner Show quickly disappears. Enjoy!

AboriganalTourism - Native Cuisine

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