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Akki Roti (Rice Flour Roti) [Meals]

Akki Roti (Rice Flour Roti) [Meals]

About:

Akki roti is a Karnataka specialty. Akki means rice in Kannada. Rice flour is used to make roti's. One can make so many different kinds of Akki roti's. Most common one is rice flour mixed with coconut, cumin seeds and salt (called plain roti). Other one is Masala roti made using carrot, onion, coriander leaves, chilies, cumin seeds. One can also add Methy leaves, dill leaves. 

Ingredients:
  • Rice flour 2 cups (makes 4 roti's)
  • Onions 1 small finely chopped
  • Carrot 1 grated
  • Cilantro leaves Handful chopped
  • Green chilly 1 (can substitute with chilly powder)
  • Cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • Oil 2 tsp
  • Salt To taste
  • Water 1 cup or according to required consistency.

How to prepare?
  • At first take water in a vessel and bring it to boiling stage. (using boiling water makes dough smooth to pat on and also makes rottis soft to eat)
  • Meanwhile mix rice flour with chopped and grated veggies add salt.
  • Add boiling water, mix well using a spoon until dough comes together. Keep covered for 10 mins. (When covered steam from the hot water will make the dough moist)
  • When dough is cool enough to handle with bare hands add 1-2 tbsp of oil and kneed well. Now the dough is ready to make roti's. (Dough should be of medium softness not too hard or too soft)
  • Take a sheet of wax paper put little oil and smear around, take handful dough, make a ball and pat evenly. 
  • Now transfer onto hot tawa and remove the paper.
  • Leave it for a minute, turn other side and leave for 30 sec or so. Now its ready to eat.

This is how we make using bindles (round shaped pan) or can do this directly on tawa/griddle.

  • Take 1tsp of oil, smear around. Now take dough and spread around it.
  • Keep this on medium heat, cover and after minute or so it will be ready to be taken out (no need to turn and cook on other side). If u want more crispy leave it of little longer. Once done roti comes out easily from pan.
  • To make another roti, hold the pan upside down and run cold water all around it, pan will be cool to make another roti by this time  (be careful while running water onto hot vessel, water will start sizzling as soon as it hits the pan).

How to Serve?
Akki roti's are served with coconut chutney, gojju or eggplant Enegai.

Health statement:
Rice flour is primarily made from polished broken rice and is therefore usually whiter than wheat or rye flour, it is usually ground more finely also. Although rice flour contains a high starch content, it does not have the protein called 'gluten' of wheat flours. Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidant compounds, and the richest vegetable source of the pro-vitamin A carotenes. Carrots' antioxidant compounds help protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer and also promote good vision, especially night vision. Cilantro have been found to help control blood sugar, lower cholesterol and fight inflammation and free radicals.
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