Rava Roti | Sajjige Roti | Roti Recipes
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 6-7 rotis
 
Soft and crisp both together, rava roti or sajjige roti, a tasty breakfast item
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup upma rava/sooji/coarse semolina/sajjige rava
  • 1 Tsp rice flour/akki hittu
  • 1 Tsp maida/all purpose flour
  • 1 Cup water
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 Tsp sugar
  • ½ Tsp freshly pounded black pepper powder
  • ¾ Cup grated coconut
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1" chopped ginger
  • Few chopped curry leaves
  • 2-3 chopped green chillies
  • ¼ Cup yogurt
  • Oil to make rotis
Method
  1. Take upma rava in a mixing bowl
  2. Add rice flour and maida
  3. Next add salt to taste, hing, black pepper powder
  4. Stir all dry ingredients together
  5. Pour 1 Cup water and mix well
  6. Let it rest and let all water get absorbed for 15 minutes
  7. Meanwhile, grate coconut, chop green chilli etc. Add grated coconut, chopped green chilli, ginger, torn curry leaves
  8. Next add finely chopped onions
  9. Now mix all of these added ingredients into the rava mixture
  10. Lastly add yogurt/curd. Mix well
  11. Take a big handful of the mixture, pat lightly (it will be slightly loose)
  12. Method 1: To make roti, pat the mixture on a tawa (cool)till thin and spread out with the tips of your fingers
  13. Method 2: Use holige haale/greaseproof paper, spread out the roti. Invert this patted roti onto a heated tawa
  14. To roast rotis, cover and cook
  15. When underside turns golden, add a few drops of oil
  16. Flip and cook the other side as well
  17. Serve hot with yogurt or butter
Notes
Adding coconut should not be compromised with

Few people add sour yogurt/curd. Adding regular sweet yogurt is also just fine!

Resting the rava is very essential after adding water. It gives a chance for the rava to absorb all water

Recipe can be easily doubled
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/rava-roti/