Missi Roti recipe
Popular Indian flatbread using whole wheat flour and gram flour
Servings: 10 small rotis
Ingredients
- ¾ cup gram flour | besan| kadalaimaavu
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp ajwain seeds | omam
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp kasoori methi
- 3 tbsp coriander leaves
- Salt as needed
- 1 tsp oil
- Water to knead the dough
- Butter or ghee to spread on the roti
Instructions
- In a bowl add the gram flour, wheat flour, cumin seeds, ajwain, red chili powder, turmeric powder, kasoori methi, coriander leaves an salt.
- Mix well and add water little by little and make a smooth dough.
- Keep this covered for 10 minutes
- Make equal lemon sized balls.
- Take one dough ball and dust it with dry atta. You can use rice flour as well.
- Roll this into a roti.
- I used a lid to make into a perfect round as the edges were cracked. This is very common while making roti using gluten free flour.
- Place the rolled roti on a hot tawa.
- Cook on both sides.
- Take out and show it on open flame for 2-3 seconds.
- This step is to give a dhaba style tandoor touch.
- Apply butter on both sides.
- Serve hot.
- Repeat the same for the rest of the dough.
- Missi roti tastes well with simple dal or any paneer sabzi.
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Notes
1. Finely chopped onion can be added to the dough.
2. You can adjust the spices according to your taste.
3. Finely chopped green chili can be added instead of red chili powder.
4. Missi roti can be made gluten-free also, in that case, knead the dough with hot water.
