Roomali roti


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Roomali roti

Preparation Time : 1 Hour 15 minutes

Cooking Time : 15 minutes

Serving : 4 members

Description

A very thin soft white colour roti which is my favourite . I first got to taste this in surya hotel in Coimbatore ( now the vivantha taj ) . I think , I was in the 4 th standard then . During holidays every Sunday lunch we used to go out . ( mostly to surya hotel as it was the best then ) surya hotel was one place that introduced me to a lot of new North Indian and Chinese dishes . Recipe and picture courtacy my daughter ANISHA .

Ingredients

Ingredients
Quantity
wheat flour1 1/2 cups
maida50 gm
baking powder1/2 teaspoon
oil2 table spoons
waterto knead
saltto taste
soda – bi – carbonatea pinch
milk2 table spoons
  

Method 
  1. Sieve wheat flour , maida , salt , baking powder and soda- bi – carbonate together . Pour oil , milk and water little by little to get a smooth elastic dough . Set aside covered with a wet cloth for one hour .
  2. Make small balls (lemon size ) out of the dough . Take 3 balls , flatten each ball with palms .
  3. Apply oil on one ball , dust flour over . Top with the second ball and apply oil sprinkling flour over . Cover with the third ball and sandwhich the balls together .
  4. Roll out the sandwhiched balls very thinly with the help of dry flour like tissue paper .
  5. Stretch a little on all sides . Heat a inverted griddle ( up side down tawa ) . Place the rolled romali roti carefully over it and cook till done for about 1/2 a minute on both sides .
  6. Remove , peel the romali roti into 3 seperate pieces . Fold like a handkerchief .
  7. Serve hot with butter chicken or kadai chicken .