Ingredients: Whole wheat flour 2 cupsSalt 2 pinch Extra flour for rolling Preparation: Add the salt to the wheat flour. Make a small hole in the middle of the flour and pour 1 cup of water and start kneading . Knead to make a soft dough. Cover with a moist cloth and keep aside for 15 to 20 minutes. Divide it into equal size balls, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Flatten the balls with a rolling pin into round discs approximately 6 to 7 inches in diameter. Heat the "tava" . Now put the roti on a hot tawa. first cook one side. it should be less than half cooked or one-fourth cooked turn and cook the other side. this should be a little bit more cooked than the first side.now small bubbles start forming on the roti that means it is getting cooked.O nce the bubbles visible the roti is ready to put direct on fire or you may use roti grill. Now hold the roti with a grill and keep the first side which was cooked, directly on fire. the roti will start to puff. Turn and keep the other side on fire. the roti will puff more. avoid burning the rotis and also don’t overdo it as roti will not be soft and will become crisp and hard like papads. Serve hot if you cannot serve them hot, then you can keep them in a casserole with wrap them up in a kitchen towel.Like this method you may keep them soft for a long time. |
Drumstick leaves Kanji1 "KANJI" the most famous and an authentic well-known odia cuisine. This recipe has been serving by Odia people since ages. Mostly villagers were store Pakhala (Fermented rice) for at least one week by exchanging it's water again and again to preparing kanji, jaau, chala or drinking clear Torani with adding few green masalas. My grandma always used to cook kanji in earthen pot . It tastes like heavenly food. I truly enjoyed to cook kanji for my family because we all love to eat twice a day. I cook with drumstick leaves which is known as various names like Munika Saaga,Sajana saaga,Sehajan ki patiyan. So the recipe is here......... Kanji Ingredients : 2 Bowl Drumstick leaves 1 Bowl Pakhala Rice (mashed) 2 Bowl Clear Torani ( If you don't have Torani then use half cup of vinegar or 1 tbsp of citric acid (lemon salt for better sourness ). For seasonings : 2 tbsp of Crushed Garlic ½ tsp of Mustard seeds ½ tsp Cumin s...