Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Tandoori Roti without tandoor


Prerequisite: The dough needs to rest for half an hour prior to preparation

Suma shares with us the recipe of making Tandoori roti without a tandoor. While the tandoori roti served in restaurants usually has all purpose flour/maida in it, you could prepare it either with whole wheat flour or both the flours in the ratio 1:1

How to make:
Knead whole wheat flour with a couple of pinches of salt and optimum amount of water to a make nice, soft and non sticky dough. Cover the dough with a lid or a wet cloth. Let it rest for 1/2 hr. Roll out the roti a little thick.  Brush little water all over it's surface(so that the roti does not stick to the hot tava). Heat the tava/skillet(refer picture).   Transfer the roti onto the tava once hot, with the wet surface facing the tava . Hold the handle of the tava and rotate it so that heat is distributed all over the roti.  Once you see bubbles/ puffs at various points on the roti, turn the tawa upside down and keep flipping the roti every 5-10 seconds until it is cooked. Serve fresh with curry of your choice.