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Serves: 2
Preparation time: 15 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Ingredients:
Fresh fenugreek bunch - 3 no’s or 2 cups leaves
Toor dal - ¼ cup
Water - 1 cup
Onion - 1 small (finely chopped)
Green chili - 6 (ground to paste)
Garlic cloves - 4 (roughly crushed)
Mustard - ¼ tsp
Cumin - ½ tsp
Turmeric - ½ tsp
Salt - 1½ tsp
Oil
Method:
Thoroughly wash fenugreek leaf and keep aside. Wash toor dal too.
In a vessel add 1 cup water and washed dal and cook on a medium flame till Al dente.
In parallel while dal is cooking, place pan on flame and add 1 tsp of oil. As oil heats up, add washed fenugreek leaf and sauté till the water dries up and then transfer sautéed leaf to a plate.
Now take some dal in spoon and check if it’s cooked Al dente (It shouldn’t be overcooked. When you bite or pinch, it should cut and not get mushy). If so then put off the flame.
In a pan add 2 tbsp oil and let it heat. Add mustard seeds and as they splutter, add jeera/cumin seeds, Onion sauté till they turn transparent. Add chili paste, turmeric powder & salt. Sauté for few seconds
Add al dente cooked dal & then add fenugreek leaf. Pour 1 teaspoon of oil over leaf and then place crushed garlic. Now cover the pan and let it cook for 5 mins on low flame.
Serve with any of the Indian bread varities.
Happy cooking; Enjoy eating!
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Serves 2
Avg preperation time - 3 mins per roti; dough resting time 45 mins - 1 hr
Ingredients:
Rice flour - 3 cups
Onion - 1 thinly chopped
Green chilli - cut to very smal
Jeera - 11/2 tsp
Curry leaves - 5
Salt to taste
Warm water to mix
In a bowl add rice flour and other ingredients except water. Mix properly. Now slowly add water to the to the mixture to make dough.
Let the dough rest for 45 mins - 1 hr.
After resting time is over, knead the dough to make it soft and palpable.
Take take a small ball size dough and place on a greased (with oil) plantain leaf or thick plastic sheet. Apply water and pat to roti of desired thickness.
Carefully place on tava/griddle ensuring plastic sheet (if using) is not burnt. Alternatively you can transfer on your palm first and then place on griddle.
Akki roti is ready to be served.
Serve hot with mint chutney or any spicy chutney.
Happy cooking; Enjoy eating!
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