Whats a good recipe for making Fried bread? Native American style?

Question

i lost my recipe in the move across country AGAIN. please help! oh not the sweet kind, but the kind to make indian taco's with.

Answer 1

The Five Nations had corn recipes as that was more available to us, and the Navajo had corn and wheat grain type recipes. These have been used for a long time and I would guess that the older recipes using grasses that were native as the people exist in memory only. No matter the tribe or region, all had their own grains available. The way they were used though is with us in modern ingredients. Below is the Navajo recipe.

Answer 2

FRYBREAD (Zahsakokwahn)-- Staple of Powwows, Symbol of Intertribal Indian Unity

Frybread:  Makes 8-10 small ones or 5 big flat ones for Indian tacos.

2 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 cup milk

Deep hot fat in frypan or fryer

Sift dry ingredients. Lightly stir in milk. Add more flour as necessary to make a dough you can handle. Kneed and work the dough on a floured board with floured hands until smooth. Pinch off fist-sized limps and shap into a disk -- everyone has their own characteristic shapes.(Shape affects the taste, by the way because of how it fries). For Indian tacos, the disk must be rather flat, with a depression -- almost a hole -- in the center of both sides. Make it that way if the fry bread is going to have some sauce over it. Smaller, round ones are made to put on a plate. Fry in fat (about 375°) until golden and done on both sides, about 5 minutes. Drain on absorbent paper. (Phyllis Jarvis, Paiute)