Monday, June 21, 2010

Pink Roti


Background :

As with all girls, my daughter Nidhi loves pink & purple... she asked me amma can you make pink roti for me and the only thing i could think of was Beetroot and fortunately she loved the roti's.
Ingredients

Beetroot - 1/4 cup
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
salt to taste
chili powder-1/4 tsp
zeera

Procedure :

  1. Place one cup of wheat flour in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add half-teaspoon of salt and (optionally) a quarter teaspoon of chili powder, zeera and mix thoroughly.
  3. Add one tablespoon of heated cooking oil
  4. Add grated beetroot
  5. Add sufficient water and knead to a dough
  6. Make balls and flatten it to make a roti
  7. In a frying pan , put the flattened roti and add oil/ghee
  8. Fry on both sides
  9. Serve with chutney or for kids roll it with an omlet ..
Tasty pink roti ready!

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