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Aki Roti (Indian Rice Bread with Vegetables)

Servings: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes.
Rolling time: 2 minutes.
Cooking time: 4 minutes each.
Total time: 21 minutes.

“Aki Roti (Indian Rice Bread with Vegetables)” is one of the popular authentic flatbread and staple breakfasts from Karnataka cuisine, India.

The word “Aki” means rice in Kannada, and this roti is made from rice flour, often infused with ingredients like grated coconut, carrot, chopped green chillies, onions, and fresh coriander, adding a burst of flavour and aroma.

This versatile dish is typically enjoyed as a breakfast or dinner option for me on weekend. It can be served hot along with Coconut chutney and dash of butter/ghee.

Ingredients:

Rice flour: 3 cups
Chana dal: 2 tablespoon
Spring onion: 50 gm.
Carrot: 1 no. (medium)
Onion: 1 no. (Small)
Fresh coconut: ½ cup
Ginger: 2” piece
Salt: 1 teaspoon (as per taste)
Green chilli: 1-2(as per taste)
Fresh coriander leaves: 2 tablespoon
Hot water: 3 cups

Preparation:

Soak Chana dal for about 30 minutes (minimum), keep aside.
Great carrot and ginger, keep aside.
Chop onion, spring onion, green chilli and carrot leaf (which came with carrot), keep aside.
Take a wide vessel, put flour; add all ingredients, mix well. Knead the mixture with help of hot water by putting it in small quantity. You can knead this in food processor too. Dough is ready (kneading dough with hot water is easy in food processor).

Method:

Divide the dough into 7-8 parts with wet hand; here I made Roti to roll out on the cooking sheet with help of damp fingers as shown in the photo. (It will be approximately twice thicker than normal chapatti).
Take a tawa (griddle), when it becomes hot (a bit hotter); Place the rolled Roti on this. Cook for a minute till it changes the colour (should be ¼ cooked), Turn the other side and cook it (this should be little more cooked than the 1^st side), brown spot should be visible.
Apply ghee both sides and turn it again and cook on medium low flame. Now “Aki Roti (Indian Rice Bread with Vegetables)” is ready, it can be served with “onion tomato chutney”or“Coconut chutney”