Saturday, March 28, 2009

Missi Roti

Ingredients:
2 cups - besan (chickpea flour)
1 cup - maida (apl - all purpose flour)
1 cup - wheat flour
1 tsp -cumin seeds
1 tsp - fennel seeds
1/2 tsp - ajwain (carom seeds)
2 to 3 - sping onions, chopped thinly along with leaves
few springs - cilantro, chopped well
a pinch - asafoetida
3 to 4 - tbsp ghee
salt to taste

Method

Add all the ingredients together.
Mix them well with your hand and knead till it becomes a soft dough.
Add little water to help it to bind.
Cover and set aside for 30min.
Take the dough and divide them into small equal sized balls and using a rolling pin in a floured surface , flatten it into a round shape. ( Triangle is common too ).
Not very thin nor very thick.
Heat a non stick pan and grease it lightly with oil /ghee.
Place the rolled out bread ( Roti ) in the pan and cook in medium heat.
After 1 to 2 min turn it over.
Serve hot and it goes well with any spicy dish - be it a curry or Kadhi.

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