Avacado healthy punch rotis

Half cooked and kept for later use

Ready to eat with lunch or even a cup of coffee

Experiment ..... any guesses? Well most likely hard to guess. Avocado in my rotis..... flesh , seed and all!! Very nutty taste and excellent source of antioxidants, amino acids and keep counting. Having so much avocado here in Jakarta and reading about the benefits of not just the flesh, I decided it's time to break a barrier in my mind and just go for it. Am not too fond of its flesh in salad etc so decided to knead it into a nice dough to be eaten with black dal. The result was outstanding taste. Tasted just the seed... nutty, slightly bitter aftertaste but definitely palatable. So have it a go and I can't even explain how scrumptious the rotis are. Thick, soft yet crunchy and delicious taste full of goodness of nature in my plate. Sharing the recipe with you all. Hope it brings good health with taste to us all. 

Ingredients 

1-1.5 cup while wheat flour 

1/2 mashed avocado

1/4 of its seeds grated raw

Salt

1/2 tsp ajwain

1/2 tsp chili powder 

Hing

Method 

1.Mix all the ingredients well into a tight dough and keep few mins. 

2.Roll into thick discs and toast on griddle on both sides till half cooked. 

3. With the tongs pinch the rotis. 

4. On the stove cook on both sides till cooked. 

5. Smear ghee and enjoy with good dhaba daal , pickles and onions. 

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy with tons of character and taste. 

Ghee ke maawe ke chatpate parathe

Ghee ke maawe ke chatpate parathe

I like to use everything that I can use in my kitchen. You will barely seeing me throw away anything. I try and recycle everything that I can. 

Here is one good and tummy way to use the milk solid that you get after you make ghee. Most throw it away. It's delicious and has lots of goodness. I use it to make stuffed parathas. Try them and you will love the crisp and yummy parathas. Have it with pickle or just the way they are. 

Ingredients. 

1 bowl prepared dough for rotis

1/2 cup ghee ka mawa

1 chopped onion

1/4 cup besan

1-2 tbsp chopped coriander

1-2 ch chilies

Salt

Chilli powder as per taste

1/4 tsp haldi

1/2 tsp amchur

Hing

Method 

1.Make balls of dough. 

2. Mix all the ingredients for the stuffing. 

3. Roll the dough into a circle. 

4.  Put a generous helping of the mixture and close well. 

5. Roll again to a nice circle. 

6. Put it on the hot griddle.

7.  Put oil and make parathas or dry roast on both sides till crisp and put ghee when done. 

8. Enjoy with pickle and curd. 

Kale kela thepla

Kale kele ke theple

Often the only way to use an overripe banana is a banana cake or it's the bin. I often heard Gujarati food using ripe banana in various dishes. I thought of adding it to my kale leaves mixture as I planned my theplas. I spoke with my gujju friend Hema and she encouraged me. Kneaded the dough with much tussle in mind. Made theplas and lovely aroma filled my kitchen! Now one more way to use the banana before it hits the bin!!! Thanks Hema for the support!

Ingredients 

1 bowl frozen and chopped kale leaves/ spinach/ methi

1 ripe banana mashed

1/2 cup curd

2 tbsp grated gur

1 tbsp sesame seeds

1 tbsp crushed garlic

1 tsp grated ginger

Salt

1/2 tsp chilli powder

1/4 tsp haldi

1 tbsp oil

While wheat flour as needed

Method

Mix all spices with oil , curd and vegetables. Add mash banana to it and mix well.

Add flour as needed and make into a firm dough.

Roll out thin parathas and cook on both sides with oil. 

Serve hot with chilli pickle or mango pickle.

Delightful and flavorful theplas ready to eat! 

Chokha and missi roti

Chokha aur masala roti

This goes to all the lovely people who love chokha . Ilearnt it from a friend and then learnt more variety from another , served them chilled with hot missi rotis.

1 roasted bringal

1 chopped onion

1 chopped tomato

2 chopped chillies

3 pods roasted garlic

Chopped dhaniya

Chilli powder and salt

1/2 lemon

1 tbsp mustard oil

Mash all well and keep to chill.

1 sweet potato roasted

2 ch spring onions

3 pods roasted garlic

Juice of half lime

Chopped chillies

Mash everything well and keep to chill.

Missi rotis

1 cup juar atta

1 cup wheat atta

1 cup dahi

1 tbsp sesame seeds

1 cup chopped methi

1 tbsp oil

Salt

Chilli powder

Crushed garlic 

Mix all together. Roll into rotis and roast well. Serve with butter. 

Papaya and spinach parathas

Yes an odd combination but that worked well. It's a great way to add a vegetable that's not easy to use and be accepted by all. I tried this and turned out great... Good in taste and high in health!

Ingredients

1 cup grated raw papaya

1 cup chopped spinach

1 tsp grated ginger

1/2 curd curd

2 chopped gr chilles

Whole wheat flour as required

Salt

Chilli powder

1 tsp saunf powder

Hing

2 tbsp oil

Method

Knead everything to a tight dough and keep for 15 mins.

Roll into 6" rounds and make parathas with oil on hot tawa.

Enjoy with green chutney.