Spicy Wheat Rotti

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 1 cup
Finely chopped small onion - 1/2 cup
Finely chopped green chili - 1 teaspoon
Red chili powder - 1 teaspoon
Corriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Finely chopped corriander leaves - as needed
Finely chopped curry leaves - as needed
Omam - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil, salt - as needed

Omam: English name: Bishop seeds / carom seeds / thymol seeds  Hindi name: Ajwain

Procedure:

• Take wheat flour in a broad vessel;  add salt and water and blend well.
• Add onion, greenchili, omam, redchili powder, corriander powder, corriander leaves and curry leaves; blend well and set aside for 10 minutes.
• See to it that the blend is norml in texture, neither too watery nor too tight.

• Make small balls as per your need.
• Smear oil around the balls.
• Place each ball inside a plastic cover and gently press to make rotti.

• Place dosa pan / chappathi pan on the stove and make the rottis.
• Apply oil and turn to both sides till it gets golden brown.

Note:

• More spices can be added pertaining to your taste to make the rotti spicy.
• To make it crispier, add little rava / sooji to the flour mix.
• We are supposed to use plaintain leaf for making rotti, however when it is not available, plastic cover helps.

Learnt from: Kitchen tips from a tamil magazine Snehidhi + my own ideas