The “daughter-in-law” test. Before I even bother explaining, note that I fail on roti out of choice-ish.
The the old wives tale is that if you roll your rotis perfectly round that you’ll make an excellent daughter-in-law. Needless to say, I was a difficult Punjabi teenager that preferred to spend her time riding tractors, horses, drinking whiskey, and not bothering to learn anything that my future mother-in-law would like because as far as I was concerned, she could go………eat her roti off a cliff.
Now on to why rotis are amazing. They’re known as rotis, phulkas, or chappatis depending on where you are in the country. They’re warm, fluffy, chewy, and add a lot of flavor and texture to sabjis (vegetables) and daals (lentils). Rotis are the staple grain served with each meal – we even do the desi scramble wrapped in a roti (omg so tasty!). An amazing combo is yellow moong daal, methi aloo, and roti.
Roti is shockingly easy to make. The big secret is to cook them on a good tava and when they’re 1/2 cooked move them over to an open flame and do a couple quick flips. This will make them puff up and get those nice crispy spots.
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Roti
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Ingredients
Atta (dough) (recipe available under ingredients)
Loose atta (wholemeal wheat flour) for dusting
Melted butter/butter substitute for brushing
Equipment/Specialty Items
AttaAtta
Directions
- Prep:
- Make atta ahead of time and let sit for at least 30 minutes.
- Fill a small bowl with loose atta.
- Lightly dust the rolling pin and countertop (rolling surface) with loose atta.
- Place a tava, nonstick, or cast iron dry skillet over low heat.
- Rub a bit of vegetable oil on your hands and divide dough in 4 equal pieces.
- Roll each piece into a log about 2 inches thick.
- You can roll all of the rotis out if you have time but make sure to put wax paper between them to prevent sticking, and place a towel over the rolled balls of dough as well as the rolled rotis to prevent drying.
- Rolling:
- Pinch off a golf ball sized piece and roll it into a ball.
- Flatten the ball into a thick disk – with the palm of your hand.
- Dredge the disk in the loose atta.
- Using the rolling pin roll the disk into a flat 6-7 inch diameter circle-ish.
Turn up the heat on the skillet to medium, until it’s lightly smoking. - Cooking:
- Place the roti into the tava or skillet.
- When you see the roti change color to a “dryer” brown and see little bubbles flip it over. Approximately 1 minute
- Cook the other side for approximately 45 seconds and move to open flame.
- With your tongs flip the roti every few seconds until it puffs up and gets brown spots.
- Brush with melted butter.
- Serve warm or wrap in a kitchen towel and place in an insulated container to keep warm.
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