11
Dec
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Prep
20 mins
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Cook
30 mins
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Ready In
50 mins
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8 - 10 servings
Ingredients
- 2 to 2.5 cups bajra flour (millet flour)
- 1 teaspoon oil or ghee
- Water as required
- Salt as required
- Some bajra flour or whole wheat flour for dusting
- Sunflower oil or ghee for applying on the rotis or for frying them
Directions
Kneading Dough for Bajra Roti::
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Heat or warm the water. add salt and oil. stir.
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Add the bajra flour. stir with a spoon. knead into a smooth dough.
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If the dough becomes sticky, then add more flour.
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If the dough is dry, then add some water.
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Making Bajra Roti:
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Meanwhile heat a tava or flat fry pan
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Make medium sized balls. dust with flour and use a ziplock bag for rolling.
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Remove gently from the ziplock bag and place bajra roti on the hot tava.
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Cook till both sides have brown spots and done.
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Apply oil or ghee on one side.
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You can also fry the bajra rotis like parathas with oil or ghee directly in the tava/frying pan.
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Serve bajra roti hot or warm with a vegetable side dish or curry.
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Step By Step Bajra Bhakri Or Bajra Roti Recipe:
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First heat the water. the water should be hot. switch off the fire. then add oil plus salt. mix well.
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Add the bajra flour to the water or vice versa.
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Mix with a spoon if the water is hot. if you use warm water, then you can just use your hands for mixing.
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Gather the mixed dough and knead to a smooth dough.
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Pinch a small or medium sized ball, flatten it and dust with some bajra flour.
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With your palms flatten the dough. i am not good in this. so fold a ziplock bag, place the dough ball in between and roll with a rolling pin. dust flour if required.
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Gently remove the flat uncooked bread from the ziplock bag and place bajra roti on a hot tava or flat pan.
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Cook on side. flip and cook the other side. flip a couple of times and cook til brown spots appear on both sides. apply some oil or ghee on top. stack all the bajra rotis in a roti basket or casserole.
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You can serve bajra roti hot or warm with an indian vegetable curry, dal or side veggie dish like bharli vangi or usal or badanekayi ennegayi or gutti vankaya kura.
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Footnotes
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Cook's Note:
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Editor's Note:
Source: VEG RECIPES OF INDIA