Thursday, April 12, 2007

Akki rotti


Akki rotti: total coking time 15 mins ,servers for 2

Akki is a kannada word for rice . Akki roti is rice roti . it’s a very tasty one with chutney podi (thenagai podi is called as chuty podi ) and kothammali chutney (coriander chutney ).

Ingredients :
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Rice flour -1 cup (hey ! If u have left over rice ,add that too with the rice flour.. And mash it well with your hand!!)

½ medium size onion finely chopped
1 medium size green chili finely chopped (depends on your spice level you can add extra if u want)
A tint of asafetida (Perumgayam)
4 spoon of oil.
A little of Finley chopped coriander and curry leaves
Salt to taste

Method:
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In a large bowl , take one cup of rice flour ,left over rice (mashed) and other above give ingredients .
mix it well and make a dough (as u do it for chapatti) with little of water . Do not over pour the water.
Add water in intervals during mixing .
Divide the dough into 4 parts .

Now ,heat up the thava (low) , add ½ spoon of oil and brush it over the thava . Have a bowl of water near by. Dip your palm in water ,take a portion of dough and tap the dough gently on the thava ,make it round and thin (flatten it well) .Hey don’t worry nothing will happen to your hand .!! .. Adjust the gas to medium flame. Drizzle ½ to 1 spoon of oil on the corner .leave it for 2 mins . Now it is the time for the another side to cook. gently rise the roti with spatula and turn the side . Wait for 3 minutes . You can have a crispy and tasty akki roti in minutes ! Do the same for the remaining rotis .

Chutney :
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A small cup of coconut
A bunch of coriander leaves (cleanly washed ,u can also chop if you want)
½ spoon of split gram (pottu kadalai)
1 medium chili (again it depends on your spice level)
Mustard seed & 3 curry leaves
Salt to taste

Method:
Grind the above ingredients well with very small amount of water in a mixer .Take it in a bowl.Spatter the mustard seed with ½ spoon of ghee and the curry leaves to it,garish it over the chutney .

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