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This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough (Bottom episode)
Dough (Bottom episode)

Dough is the fourth episode of the third series of United Kingdom television sitcom, Bottom . It was first broadcast on January 27, 1995....
.

Dough is a paste made out of any cereal
Cereal

Cereals, or cereal grains, are mostly Poaceae cultivated for their edible brans or fruit seeds . Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple foods....
s (grains) or leguminous
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
 crops by mixing the flour
Flour

Flour is a powder made of cereal grains. It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many civilizations, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history....
 with a small amount of water
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
. This step is a precursor to making bread
Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared by baking a dough of flour and water. It may be leavened or unleavened. Edible salt, fat and a leavening agent such as yeast are common ingredients, though bread may contain a range of other ingredients: milk, Egg , sugar, spice, fruit , vegetables , Nut or seeds ....
, pasta
Pasta

Pasta is a generic term for Italian cuisine variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and/or Egg , that is Boiling. The word can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings....
, noodles, crust
Crust

Crust may refer to:Geology and soil science:*Crust , the outer solid layer of a planet*Continental crust*Oceanic crust*Soil crust*the dough or pastry shell of pies, pizzas, etc....
s, dumplings, pastry
Pastry

Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baking made from ingredients such as flour, butter, shortening, baking powder or Egg s. Small cakes, tarts and other sweet baked goods are called "pastries"....
, cookie
Cookie

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat, containing milk, flour, eggs, and sugar, etc. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings?a cookie is a plain bu...
s, and muffin
Muffin

A muffin is a type of bread that is baked in small portions. Many forms are somewhat like small cakes or cupcakes in shape, although they usually are not as sweet as cupcakes and generally lack frosting....
s.

In many parts of central India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, native people use the quick method of making an instant roasted dough ball or baati
Baati

Baati is a hard, unleavened bread cooked in the desert areas of Rajasthan, Malwa, and Gujarat in North India. Baati is also a dish of Bihar. It is prized there for its long shelf life life and high nutritional content, as well as the minimal quantity of water required for its preparation....
.

Flat unleavened breads known as roti
Roti

Roti or Phulka in general, is defined as an Leavening agent flat bread in Urdu, Hindi language, Punjabi language, Pashto, Assamese language, Indonesian language, Malay language, Bengali language, and Somali language languages....
, lavash
Lavash

Lavash is a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, and Sodium chloride. It is the most widespread type of bread in Iran, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia ....
, yufka
Yufka

Yufka is a Turkey bread. It is a thin, round and unleavened flat bread similar to lavash, about 18 inches in diameter usually made from wheat flour, water and table salt....
, matzo
Matzo

Matza , in Ashkenazi Hebrew matzo or matzoh, and, in Yiddish language, matze) is a cracker-like flatbread made of white plain flour and water....
 or matzah, lafa, and tortilla
Tortilla

This aticle contains information about corn tortilla.For fluor tortilla, see: Flour tortilla For spanish tortilla, see: Tortilla_de_patatas...
 are used in many parts of the world today.

Leavened
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 or fermented
Fermentation (food)

Fermentation in food processing typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids....
 dough, made from dry ground grain cereals or legume
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
s mixed with water and yeast
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 are in use all over the world.






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Dough
This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough (Bottom episode)
Dough (Bottom episode)

Dough is the fourth episode of the third series of United Kingdom television sitcom, Bottom . It was first broadcast on January 27, 1995....
.

Dough is a paste made out of any cereal
Cereal

Cereals, or cereal grains, are mostly Poaceae cultivated for their edible brans or fruit seeds . Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple foods....
s (grains) or leguminous
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
 crops by mixing the flour
Flour

Flour is a powder made of cereal grains. It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many civilizations, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history....
 with a small amount of water
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
. This step is a precursor to making bread
Bread

Bread is a staple food prepared by baking a dough of flour and water. It may be leavened or unleavened. Edible salt, fat and a leavening agent such as yeast are common ingredients, though bread may contain a range of other ingredients: milk, Egg , sugar, spice, fruit , vegetables , Nut or seeds ....
, pasta
Pasta

Pasta is a generic term for Italian cuisine variants of noodles, food made from a dough of flour, water and/or Egg , that is Boiling. The word can also denote dishes in which pasta products are the primary ingredient, served with sauce or seasonings....
, noodles, crust
Crust

Crust may refer to:Geology and soil science:*Crust , the outer solid layer of a planet*Continental crust*Oceanic crust*Soil crust*the dough or pastry shell of pies, pizzas, etc....
s, dumplings, pastry
Pastry

Pastry is the name given to various kinds of baking made from ingredients such as flour, butter, shortening, baking powder or Egg s. Small cakes, tarts and other sweet baked goods are called "pastries"....
, cookie
Cookie

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat, containing milk, flour, eggs, and sugar, etc. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is biscuit; in many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings?a cookie is a plain bu...
s, and muffin
Muffin

A muffin is a type of bread that is baked in small portions. Many forms are somewhat like small cakes or cupcakes in shape, although they usually are not as sweet as cupcakes and generally lack frosting....
s.

In many parts of central India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, native people use the quick method of making an instant roasted dough ball or baati
Baati

Baati is a hard, unleavened bread cooked in the desert areas of Rajasthan, Malwa, and Gujarat in North India. Baati is also a dish of Bihar. It is prized there for its long shelf life life and high nutritional content, as well as the minimal quantity of water required for its preparation....
.

Flat unleavened breads known as roti
Roti

Roti or Phulka in general, is defined as an Leavening agent flat bread in Urdu, Hindi language, Punjabi language, Pashto, Assamese language, Indonesian language, Malay language, Bengali language, and Somali language languages....
, lavash
Lavash

Lavash is a soft, thin flatbread made with flour, water, and Sodium chloride. It is the most widespread type of bread in Iran, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia ....
, yufka
Yufka

Yufka is a Turkey bread. It is a thin, round and unleavened flat bread similar to lavash, about 18 inches in diameter usually made from wheat flour, water and table salt....
, matzo
Matzo

Matza , in Ashkenazi Hebrew matzo or matzoh, and, in Yiddish language, matze) is a cracker-like flatbread made of white plain flour and water....
 or matzah, lafa, and tortilla
Tortilla

This aticle contains information about corn tortilla.For fluor tortilla, see: Flour tortilla For spanish tortilla, see: Tortilla_de_patatas...
 are used in many parts of the world today.

Leavened
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 or fermented
Fermentation (food)

Fermentation in food processing typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast under anaerobic conditions. A more general definition of fermentation is the chemical conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids....
 dough, made from dry ground grain cereals or legume
Legume

A legume is a plant in the family Fabaceae , or a fruit of these specific plants. A legume fruit is a Fruit#Simple fruit that develops from a simple carpel and usually Dehiscence on two sides....
s mixed with water and yeast
Yeast

Yeasts are eukaryote microorganisms classified in the Kingdom fungus, with about 1,500 species currently described; they dominate fungal diversity in the oceans....
 are in use all over the world. These includes all kinds of breads made from wheat
Wheat

Wheat , is a worldwide cultivated Poaceae from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal just above rice....
, maize
Maize

Maize , known as corn in some countries, is a cereal domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents....
, rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 and other cereals or similar crops used today in the world.

Fried dough foods
Fried dough foods

Many cultures have dishes made by deep frying dough of one form or another....
 are common in many cultures.

Dough is usually a non-Newtonian fluid
Non-Newtonian fluid

A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid whose flow properties are not described by a single constant value of viscosity. Many polymer solutions and molten polymers are non-Newtonian fluids, as are many commonly found substances such as ketchup, starch suspensions, paint, blood and shampoo....
, which is relevant for kneading
Kneading

Kneading is a process in the making of bread, used to mix together the ingredients and add strength to the bread. Its importance lies in the mixing of flour with water....
 and kneading machines.

Salt dough, a variant consisting of 1 cup flour, 1 cup salt and 1/2 cup water, can be used as a toy for molding. Such a recipe is the basis for Play-Doh
Play-Doh

File:Play-Doh Original Canister.jpgPlay-Doh is a modelling clay used by children for art and craft projects at home and in school. Composed of flour, water, salt, and other ingredients, the product was first manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio as a wallpaper cleaner in the years following World War II....
.

Additional definition

Dough and bread can also mean money, as in "fork over the dough." This meaning presumably refers to the fact that money has historically provided the means to have enough to eat, and bread has historically been a staple in Europe, where this usage arose.