Makki Di Roti | Makai Roti | Roti Recipes
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Recipe type: Lunch
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4-5 rotis
 
Delicious and soft makki di roti or makai ka roti perfect for winters
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup makki ka atta/maize flour
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ Tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 small pinch black pepper powder
  • 1 Tbsp desi ghee
  • ¼ Tsp ajwain/om kaalu/carom seeds (optional)
  • Oil to roast rotis
Method
  1. In a bowl take makai ka atta/maize flour
  2. Sprinkle salt to taste
  3. Optionally season with red chilli powder, black pepper powder
  4. Add ghee
  5. Mix very well, mixture looks like coarse crumbs
  6. Make a well in the centre and pour ¼ Cup hot water
  7. Slowly mix well with a spatula or spoon
  8. Add little more room temperature water and start lightly kneading
  9. The mixture comes together
  10. Knead into a round ball and apply ghee
  11. Sprinkle some ajwain and mix the dough, let it rest for half an hour
  12. To make rotis, apply some oil on butter paper
  13. Pinch a ball from the dough, pat it on the butter paper into a thin roti
  14. Apply oil and make rotis on a hot tawa
  15. When both sides are cooked, makki di roti is ready
  16. Serve hot with palak saag or sarson ka saag!
Notes
You can make the rotis plain, just season with salt, and make makki di roti

Maize flour should be fresh for soft rotis

You can also pat small rotis by hand and then put them directly on tawa
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/makki-di-roti/