How to make MISSI ROTI?!
Answers: IT IS AN ASIAN SPECIAL TYPE OF CHAPPATI.
Missi Roti
Ingredients:
150 g wheat flour
1 teaspoon red chili peppers
250 g besan
1 teaspoon dhaniya powder
3 tablespoons ghee
1/2 teaspoon jeera powder
1/2 teaspoon kala jeera
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ajwain
Steps:
1. Mix the wheat flour and besan together.
2. Add oil, salt, red chilly powder, dhaniya, jeera, kala jeera and ajwain.
3. Mix well.
4. Make a stiff dough.
5. Roll into small and thick rotis and roast.
6. Brush slightly with melted ghee.
7. Serve hot with Shahi Gatte.
Good luck & enjoy! =)
Missi Roti
Gram flour – 300 gm
White flour – 100 gm
Green chillies, chopped – 25 gm
Ginger, chopped – 25 gm
Green coriander, chopped – 25 gm
Pomegranate seeds – 20 gm / 4 tsp.
Cumin seeds – 15 gm
Onion seeds – 25 gm
Salt – 10 gm
Butter – 100 gm
Clarified butter – 30 gm
Method
1. Chop green chillies, ginger and coriander finely.
2. Crush pomegranate, cumin and onion seeds with a rolling pin.
3. Mix all ingredients except butter. Knead to a soft dough with water.
4. Shape into balls and roll out into 6” diameter pancakes.
5. Cook on a griddle or in a tandoor until brown.
6. Remove from oven/heat, apply butter and serve hot.
Ok , I converted the above recipes and added two recipes for U.S. readers who might not have a scale...
Shahi Gatte
Serves: 6-7 adults
INGREDIENTS
2 cups plus 2 TBSP plus 2 ? tsp. (200 gm) Besan (gram or chickpea flour)
1 tsp. coriander (Dhaniya)
2 TBSP. ghee (clarified butter)
1 cup plus 1 TBSP and 2 ? tsp small curd cottage cheese (250 gm curd)
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. oil
1 tsp. red chilly powder
a pinch of tumeric (haldi)
METHOD
Mix besan while adding ? tsp. salt, ? tsp red chilly powder, ? tsp. coriander powder and ghee. Make a stiff dough.
Make 5-6 thin and long strips of the dough. Put these strips in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
Cut these gattas (noodles?) into small pieces.
Strain the curd through a strainer.
Add ? tsp. salt, ? tsp red chilly powder, ? tsp. coriander powder and tumeric to the curd. Mix well.
Add the gatta (noodle?) pieces.
Heat oil in a kadahi.
Put the “tadka of jeera”* (regular whole cumin fried in oil or ghee briefly and the oil and then added to the dish) and add the curd mixture. Cook it for 5-7 minutes while stirring continuously till it comes to a boil. Simmer the flame and cook for another 5-7 minutes.
Turn off the gas.
Finally put the “tadka of dried red chilly powder”* (whole dried red chilly powder fried in oil or ghee briefly and then added to the dish) . Serve it with Missi Roti and Pakori ki Kadhi.
http://recipes.bizhat.com/west_indian/sh...
http://www.recipezaar.com/9926
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadka
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Missi Roti 1
Ingredients:
1 ? cup (150 g) whole wheat flour
1 tsp. red chili peppers
2 ? cups (250 g) besan (chickpea or gram flour)
1 tsp coriander powder (dhaniya)
3 TBSP ghee (clarified butter)
1/2 tsp cumin powder (jeera…regular cumin)
1/2 tsp black cumin or caraway seeds (kala jeera)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ajwain (look in asian groceries, similar to thyme or caraway seeds in taste, but stronger)
Steps:
1. Mix the wheat flour and besan together.
2. Add oil, salt, red chilly powder, dhaniya, jeera, kala jeera and ajwain.
3. Mix well.
4. Make a stiff dough.
5. Roll into small and thick rotis and roast.
6. Brush slightly with melted ghee.
7. Serve hot with Shahi Gatte.
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Missi Roti 2
3 ? cup (300 gm) gram flour (chickpea or besan flour)
? cup plus 2 ? tsp (100 gm) all purpose flour
2 TBSP plus 2 ? tsp (25 gm) green chillies, chopped
4 TBSP plus ? tsp (when sliced) (25 gm) ginger, chopped
1 ? cups (before chopping)(25 gm) green coriander, chopped
4 tsp. (20 gm) pomegranate seeds
2 TBSP plus 1 ? tsp. (15 gm) cumin seeds
3 TBSP plus 1 ? tsp (25 gm) Nigella, onion seeds
1 ? tsp (10 gm) Salt
7 TBSP or ? stick (100 gm) butter
2 TBSP or ? stick (30 gm) Clarified butter
Method
1. Chop green chillies, ginger and coriander finely.
2. Crush pomegranate, cumin and onion seeds with a rolling pin.
3. Mix all ingredients except butter. Knead to a soft dough with water.
4. Shape into balls and roll out into 6” diameter pancakes.
5. Cook on a griddle or in a tandoor until brown.
6. Remove from oven/heat, apply butter and serve hot.
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Besan (Gram Flour) Puda (Dosa) (like a thin pancake)
Makes 5 or 6 pudas:
Ingredients:
Mix together in a bowl with a spoon:
1-cup besan or gram flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup water
Add in:
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp chopped green chilies
1 cup shredded zucchini (shredded with the skin)
about 6 tablespoons of oil to cook 1/3 cup of mixture at a time on a non-stick flat griddle skillet. Put a TBSP of oil sprinkled on the top , turn and pressing down lightly all around with a spatula and flip a couple more times. Serve with yogurt , chutney and a little tomato on the side. You can also put shredded cheddar cheese and sliced tomatoes on top when almost done and then flap it over on itself in half like an omelet and flip enough until the cheese is melted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLb5QY9Z5...