Rava Rotti Recipe (Karnataka Style Semolina Flat Bread)
A vegetarian Coastal Karnataka recipe with sooji (semolina/ rava), curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk, fresh coconut - grated. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
26 steps- 1
To prepare Rava Rotti Recipe (Karnataka Style Semolina Flat Bread), get prep with all the ingredients, chopping and grating
- 2
Add onion, coconut, green chilli, ginger, coriander, Curry leaves, cumin seeds and salt in a wide mixing bowl
fresh coconut - grated(3 tablespoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)onion - finely chopped(1)green chilli - finely chopped(2)inch ginger - finely chopped or grated(1)coriander (dhania) leaves - handfulcurry leaves - few curry leavessalt - to taste - 3
Mix it nicely by crushing onions with your hands for few minutes
onion - finely chopped(1) - 4
This brings out more flavor from all ingredients
- 5
Add rava and sour curd to it
curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk(1/4 cup) - 6
Add water and mix it nicely to form a moist dough
water - as required - 7
Let rava dough rest for 10- 15 minutes
- 8
This will help rava to fluff up a bit and also you will observe that rava would have taken in all the liquids and the dough would have thickened
- 9
Add some water or curd to loosen the dough
curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk(1/4 cup)water - as required - 10
Make the dough thicker than idli batter but a little watery to work, than chapati dough
water - as required - 11
The dough should be easy to spread / pat with hands
- 12
Keep a Tawa on the flame
- 13
Sprinkle few drops of oil on the tava and spread all over the pan
- 14
Grease a plastic sheet / aluminum foil / parchment paper /banana leaf /wet muslin cloth
- 15
Take a large lemon sized dough and pat it evenly with your hands to a thin rotti
- 16
Wet your hands in between with water to ease the patting
water - as required - 17
Heat the griddle
- 18
When it is hot, put the sheet with dough on the griddle to transfer the rotti to the hot griddle
- 19
After a few seconds, remove the sheet carefully from the tawa such that the rotti remains n the tawa and the flat bread is intact and not torn
- 20
Do it steadily and take care not to burn the sheet/cloth used to make the rotti
- 21
Cook rotti on a medium heat
- 22
Pour a few drops of oil all over the rotti
- 23
Cover and cook till one side becomes slightly brown in color
- 24
Then take out lid, flip the rotti and continue cooking for about a minute or so until the rotti becomes crispy on both sides
- 25
Rava rotti is ready to be served with Coconut Chutney, Chutney Podi and Butter to top it up
fresh coconut - grated(3 tablespoon) - 26
Enjoy them as your hearty weekday breakfast / Snack / Dinner
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Rava Rotti Recipe (Karnataka Style Semolina Flat Bread)
A vegetarian Coastal Karnataka recipe with sooji (semolina/ rava), curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk, fresh coconut - grated. Ready in 1h, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
26 steps- 1
To prepare Rava Rotti Recipe (Karnataka Style Semolina Flat Bread), get prep with all the ingredients, chopping and grating
- 2
Add onion, coconut, green chilli, ginger, coriander, Curry leaves, cumin seeds and salt in a wide mixing bowl
fresh coconut - grated(3 tablespoon)cumin seeds (jeera)(1 teaspoon)onion - finely chopped(1)green chilli - finely chopped(2)inch ginger - finely chopped or grated(1)coriander (dhania) leaves - handfulcurry leaves - few curry leavessalt - to taste - 3
Mix it nicely by crushing onions with your hands for few minutes
onion - finely chopped(1) - 4
This brings out more flavor from all ingredients
- 5
Add rava and sour curd to it
curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk(1/4 cup) - 6
Add water and mix it nicely to form a moist dough
water - as required - 7
Let rava dough rest for 10- 15 minutes
- 8
This will help rava to fluff up a bit and also you will observe that rava would have taken in all the liquids and the dough would have thickened
- 9
Add some water or curd to loosen the dough
curd (dahi / yogurt) - (sour) or buttermilk(1/4 cup)water - as required - 10
Make the dough thicker than idli batter but a little watery to work, than chapati dough
water - as required - 11
The dough should be easy to spread / pat with hands
- 12
Keep a Tawa on the flame
- 13
Sprinkle few drops of oil on the tava and spread all over the pan
- 14
Grease a plastic sheet / aluminum foil / parchment paper /banana leaf /wet muslin cloth
- 15
Take a large lemon sized dough and pat it evenly with your hands to a thin rotti
- 16
Wet your hands in between with water to ease the patting
water - as required - 17
Heat the griddle
- 18
When it is hot, put the sheet with dough on the griddle to transfer the rotti to the hot griddle
- 19
After a few seconds, remove the sheet carefully from the tawa such that the rotti remains n the tawa and the flat bread is intact and not torn
- 20
Do it steadily and take care not to burn the sheet/cloth used to make the rotti
- 21
Cook rotti on a medium heat
- 22
Pour a few drops of oil all over the rotti
- 23
Cover and cook till one side becomes slightly brown in color
- 24
Then take out lid, flip the rotti and continue cooking for about a minute or so until the rotti becomes crispy on both sides
- 25
Rava rotti is ready to be served with Coconut Chutney, Chutney Podi and Butter to top it up
fresh coconut - grated(3 tablespoon) - 26
Enjoy them as your hearty weekday breakfast / Snack / Dinner
Rate this recipe
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