Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Roomali Roti

Roomali Roti is a thin flat bread popular in South Asia.The word rumal means handkerchief in Urdu and Hindi, and the name roomali roti means handkerchief bread.

Ingredients:



  •  Whole wheat flour-1 1/2 cup 
  •  Refined Flour (Maida)-50 gm
  •  Baking powder-1/2 tbsp
  •  Oil-2 tbsp
  •  water- To knead


Method :


  1. Mix wheat flour, maida, salt and baking powder and sieve them together.
  2. Pour oil in the flour and add water bit by bit and make a smooth & elastic dough and set aside covered with moist muslin cloth for 1/2 an hour.
  3. Now make small balls of the dough and roll like a thin chapati of about 12" diameter circle using little dry flour ,it should be thin as a tissue.
  4. Heat an inverted tawa.
  5. Place the roomali roti carefully over it and cook till done. fold it like a handkerchief.
  6. Serve roomali roti hot with indian curry.

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