Akki Roti

Namaste,

Breads are part of our regular meals.Indian breads are basically made of unleavened Dough and it takes less time to prepare.To this bread-making session,I bring you to the south-west part of India Karnataka, from where this bread belongs to.Here we will make Akki Roti.

Basically,Akki Roti,is a kind of Indian bread,made of rice flour,seasoned with onions,carrot,coconut Etc.It is crunchy and flaky after every bite,will tickle your taste buds for sure.👅

This recipe consists of  three parts:

1.Preparing the Dough

2.Shaping the chapatis

3.Roasting the Chapatis

Roasted Akki Roti

Category: Bread,Roti

Preparation Time:20 Mins

Serves : 8 Rotis

Ingredients:

Rice Flour- 2 Cups

Carrot-1/2 Cup Grated

Grated coconut- 1/2 Cup 

Split bengal Gram or chana dal -2 Tbsp

Finely chopped Onion-1/2 Cup

Cumin-1 tsp

Sambhar Masala-1 tsp

Slit green Chillies -3

Chopped Coriander leaves :1 tsp

Oil-1/2 Cup

Salt- to taste

Water-To Knead

Method:

Preparing the Dough:

Soak the Split bengal gram for 30- mins in 1/4 Cup of warm water.Keep it Aside.

 After 30 minutes,Take  all the ingredients in a big bowl,mix it well,prepare a smooth dough.Be sure the dough have enough moisture,it helps in shaping  rotis well.It should be like sticky mess.

Now make evenly size 8 balls of the dough.

Shaping the Rotis:

Shaping the rotis is so much fun just like pampering your rotis by your hands. :)

Take a greased aluminium foil,put a dough ball over it,Shape it well with the help of your fingertips.If you find your fingers  sticky,keep a bowl of water beside and dip your fingers in it and Continue shaping it.Shaping a akki roti needs a bit of practice and patience too.While making rotis,i torn the first roti,But with practice,i have learnt to make round-shaped rotis.

Roasting the chapatis:

Now take a tawa or non-stick pan,Grease it well,reverse aluminium foil over the greased pan and transfer the roti over the tawa using your fingertips,like we do while making aloo papads.remove the foil and roast the rotis on high flame till become light golden. Pour some oil around the rotis.Turn it around  and cook it well. Switch off the flame,Transfer it into a plate.Your akki roti is ready to eat.

Now its turn to make second roti, Shape the roti as before on  greased aluminium foil. Wipe your pan with a moist kitchen towel,transfer the roti on the cold pan,switch on the flame and cook  roti till being light brown.In the same way,you can prepare rest of your rotis.

when you make rotis in bulk,you can use two pans alternatively.

Akki roti can be enjoyed with coconut chutney,green mint chutney or tea as well.

Chef tip:

• While transferring roti to pan,make sure pan is cold and flame is off otherwise the roti would stick to your pan because of the starch in rice flour.
• Making akki roti needs a bit of extra effort,But its would be worth it when you take a bite of roti in your mouth.👅

Have a Happy Weekend

Vegetable Tarts

Vegetable tarts are super healthy and tasty option for those who are choosy while eating vegetables . It is No Onion-No Garlic recipe .This dish contains goodness of vegetables like Spinach,Beetroot,Carrot,Peas.Moreover that it includes kids favourite cheese,full of calcium.Tarts covering is  made of whole wheat flour.Last Interesting point, it is Zero-oil baked recipe.So you can relish vegetable tarts guilt free as much you want to.😛😍

 As I always  prefer to divide my method in Parts,this recipe Contains three Parts :

A.Making theTarts
B.Preparing Pie Stuffing
C.Filling the stuffing and baking tarts

Category:Snacks
Servings :12 Pieces
Time :45 minutes

Ingredients:

For Pie

• Whole Wheat Flour -Two Cups
• Vegetable oil or refined oil-2 Tbsp
• Thyme -Pinch ful
• Baking powder-1 tsp
• Water-150 ml
• Salt -1/2 tsp

For Stuffing

• Grated Beetroot -1 Cup
• Chopped Spinach -1 Cup
• Green chillies- 2 to 3
• Boiled Peas-1/2 Cup
• Grated Cheese-1 Cup
• Black peeper-1 tsp
• Vegetable oil-1 tsp
• Ginger-1 tsp
• Cottage cheese (Paneer)-1 Cup
• Milk-1/2 Cup
• Salt-to taste

Method:

A.Making the tarts:

Take a bowl.Sieve the flour into the bowl.Add vegetable or refined oil in the flour.Mix it well till we get breadcrumbs like structure..Add Salt,Water,thyme and baking powder into  it and prepare a firm dough.Leave it,covering by wet cloth for 30 minutes.

Pre-heat the oven at 180 degree C. Make round small balls. Flatten the balls.
Take Silicon muffin  moulds. Put the flattened ball in the mould and shape it .Put all the moulds with the tarts on baking tray. Bake the tarts in preheated oven at 180 degree C for 15 minutes.Remove it from oven.Our pies are ready to Stuff.

B.Preparing Pie Stuffing:

Place a non-stick pan over the medium flame.Pou vegetable oil in the pan and heat it.As the oil become warm, add green chillies and Ginger in it.Cook it till raw smell of ginger goes away.Add Beetroot and spinach in it.Roast the veggies lightly for 3-4 minutes.Switch off the flame.Add boiled peas into it.Sprinkle Salt and black peeper in it.
Blend the Cottage cheese and Milk together in a blender .Keep it aside in a bowl.

C.Filling the stuffing and baking tarts:

Remove all the tarts from the moulds and put the moulds on baking tray.The stuffing would be done layer wise.
From the Base :

• Paneer-Milk
• Veggies
• Paneer-Milk
• Veggies
• Grated Cheese

At first,spread a layer of Paneer-milk mix at the base of tarts.Then Spread a layer of Veggies-mix over it.Again,Spread a layer of Paneer-milk mix over it.Again Spread a layer of veggies-mix over it.At last,Put some Grated cheese on the top.Tarts are ready to bake.
Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree for 10 minutes or till cheese melt en 

Our  vegetable tarts are ready to enjoy.

 Chef's Tip:💬

• The dough should be firm otherwise tarts wont be crisp.If you wish,you can also add refined flour and the ratio would be Refined flour to whole wheat flour 1:1.
• Don't over roast the veggies,otherwise it would be soggy.we want veggies to be crisp.
• Bake the tarts till cheese melt en,overcooking will make the cheese brown.
• If you wish ,you can bake the tarts into disposable aluminium pie tarts,which are easily available in the market.
• Baking time may vary a bit oven to oven,So Keep a eye over it.

So Buddies,Keep sharing your views because

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