Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Carrot Chapati

We can make 12 rotis with this recipe.

Ingredients:
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  • Wheat flour/Atta - 3 1/2 cups
  • Salt - to taste
  • Carrot - 1 large
  • Coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
  • Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Luke warm water - 5 cups
  • oil - for making the roti

Method:
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  • Peel off carrot's skin and put it in warm water for 5 min.
  • Grate the carrot and chop coriander leaves finely.
  • Add all the ingredients(atta,salt,chilli powder,carrot,coriander leaves) in a wide open vessel.
  • Add 4 cups of warm water and knead into a soft dough.If required add last cup of water little by little and 1 tsp of oil and keep kneading it for 10 min.The more you knead,more softer the dough becomes.
  • Cover the dough with a moist cloth and set aside for an hour.

  • Make round balls with the dough,each the size of a lemon.
  • Rub each ball in wheat flour,and roll it into a flat roti as shown below.
  • Do not roll it very thin.
  • Pre heat the tava ,so that it is really hot before making the roti.
  • Then on a medium flame,add the roti on tava.When you see bubbles,turn it up-side down.
  • When you see bubbles on this side too,add 1/2 tsp of oil and cook it.
  • Turn the roti again and apply 1/4 tsp of oil and cook well.
  • Put a tissue paper in a hot case and keep the rotis in the hot case so that it remains hot and soft.


Serve hot and yummy carrot chapati with whole green gram dal .


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