Thursday, June 12, 2008

Vadappa ( thin and crispy rice flour roti )


Ingredients

2 cup rice flour
1 onion (chopped veryyyy finely)
1/4 cup cilantro (choppedfinely)
2 green chillis ( chopped finely)
salt
water to kned the dough
oil for applying to pans
2 to 3 cooking non stick pans


Method
.
Add onions, green chillis ,cilantro and salt to rice flour sprinkle water and make
a stiff dough
.
Now take a pan and apply 1 tbs of oil with hand and take a handfull of dough
make a round ball and press directly in to pan until u get a thin layer
.
( press the remaining dough on 2 to 3 pans , if u are using same pan once u finish cooking one roti just wash the pan with plain cold water in sink and wipe with paper towel and ready to use again to press another roti)
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Now keep pan on a medium flame for 3min until u see golden color on
bottom side ,if u want u can add another tsp oil , flip and cook on other side
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If u want a crispy roti then cook on a low flame ,If to want soft roti then cook on medium high
.
This roti tastes great with any south indian dal ,U can try this with my older post Ginger Dal

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Ginger Dal


Ingredients

1 cup toor dal
3 tbs chopped ginger
1/4 cup cilantro
2 small tomatoes ( or) 1 large
4 to 5 green chillis
2 tbs oil
1 tsp cumin seeds and musturd seeds
1/2 tsp fennal seeds
1 dry red chilli
1/2 tsp turmuric



Method

.Preassure cook toor dal and green chillis for 2 to 3 wistles ,Mash dal and greechillis ,Keep
aside

. Heat oil in a large pan add cumin seeds ,musturd seeds,fennal seeds ,dry red chilli ,cilantro
and chopped ginger fry for a min then add turmuric and above mashed dal

. Now squeeze tomatoes with hand directly in to pan
( note : do not add chopped tomatoes , dal tastes much better with squeezed tomatoes )

. Add 3 to 4 cups water ( thick soup like consistency )

. Adjust salt and Simmer for 15 min

. Done ,serve hot with rotis