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!

Oats Upma

Ingredients

Rolled Oats - 1 cup

onion - 1/2 chopped

green chillies - 2 chopped

mustard, zerra, sengapappu for poppu

oil - 3-4 tbsps

salt to taste

Tip: add vegetables

Procedure

Saok Oats in water for 5 min

heat a pan , add oil, poppu ingredenits, when mustard splutters add the onions

fry the onions, greenshillies till cooked

Squeeze the water from the oats and add it to the pan

add salt to taste

cover and cook for 5 more minutes.

Healthy Oats Upma ready!!

Tip: Dont saok the oats for a long time, this will make the upma sticky.