Multigrain Roti

Multigrain Roti Recipe

Ingredients:-

½ cup rolled oats

½ cup millet flour (ragi flour, jowar flour or bajra flour (can use mixed))

½ cup whole wheat flour

1 tbsp. oil

¾ cup hot water

Additional hot water as needed

How to make multigrain roti:-

• Powder oats finely in a blender.
• Add the powder to ¾ cup of hot water and stir well to break lumps. Keep this aside for 5 minutes
• Add whole wheat and millet flours to the same bowl and mix with hot water. Knead till it becomes a soft, pliable and sticky dough.
• Pour oil and repeat kneading.
• Smear more oil over the dough. Cover it in a moist cloth. Keep aside for about 30 minutes.
• Divide the dough to 8 to 10 equal sized balls and knead them again, roll to smooth balls, put them back to the moist cloth and cover.
• Sprinkle wheat flour lightly on the rolling area. Lightly roll each ball to a roti. If needed sprinkle flour. Do not make them very floury.
• Heat a griddle. Add water to a bowl and roll a cloth to a ball and dunk it in the bowl.
• Prepare a small bowl half filled with water and roll a clean cloth to a ball and dunk it in the water.
• Transfers the roti with floury side facing towards you, with the damp cloth apply water to the roti including the edges. Do not pour the water.
• Flip it to the other side and repeat the dampening on the other side too. Flip to the moist side; press the roti gently to puff it.
• Transfer to a plate or insulated casserole. Cover to retain the softness.
• Enjoy this healthy roti with your favorite curry.

Methi Rice

Methi Rice Recipe

Ingridents:-

·         Cooked Rice – 3 cups

·         Oil – 1 tablespoon

·         Bay leaf – 1

·         Cloves – 2

·         Cinnamon stick – ½ inch piece

·         Green cardamom – 2

·         Ginger paste – ½ teaspoon

·         Garlic paste – ½ teaspoon

·         Green chilies – 2, chopped finely

·         Onion – ½ cup, chopped

·         Tomato – ½ cup, chopped

·         Cumin powder – 1 teaspoon

·         Coriander powder – 2 teaspoons

·         Turmeric powder – ½ teaspoon

·         Red chili powder – 1 teaspoon

·         Salt – to taste

·         Fenugreek leaves (Methi leaves) – 3 cups, washed and chopped

How to make Methi Rice:-

• Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat. Once hot add cumin seeds. Let them sizzle.
• Then add whole spices (bay leaf, cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom). Let it cook for about 30 seconds and you will get nice aroma from it.
• Then add ginger paste, garlic paste and chopped green chilies. Let them cook for 30-40 seconds.
  Then add chopped onions. Mix it.
• Let onion cook till it gets light brown.
• Then add chopped tomatoes, salt and spice powders (cumin powder, coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder).
• Mix it well and let it cook for 2-3 minutes or till tomatoes get soften, not mushy.
• Then add chopped methi leaves and mix it well. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add cooked rice.
• Mix it very gently so rice grains do not break. Let the rice get heated through.
• Serve hot.