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Pleated Masala Khasta Bread

I got this recipe from Nita Mehta's book. The bread is very " khasta ", not sure how to translate that to english - maybe you could say butter crisp. It's not crisp like potato chips but crisp like phyllo pastry. You can fill the bread with any filling of your choice. The original recipe called for a mushroom filling but since we don't eat mushrooms I made a potato filling like the one used for samosa. For the bread: Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup butter (cold) 1 tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup milk 1/4 tsp ajwain (carrom seeds) Method: Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into small cubes. Rub the butter lightly into the flour till it resembles like bread crumbs. Add milk and kneead lightly to form a dough. Cover and keep aside in a cool place or in the fridge till you have the filling ready. Roll out the dough into a square about 10" long. It's more important that the dough layer be thin - so if it's com