Avarekalu Rotti
(from Nandini’s recipe box)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 3 people
Categories: akki roti, avarekalu recipies
Ingredients
- 1 cup boiled avarekai beans ( if you cannot find it, you can use lima beans or any other beans u like. If you find the dried beans, just dry roast them till they pop and boil them). Boil with 2 cups of water and do not strain the water.
- 1 bunch of spring onions/scallions chopped
- 1 cup chopped dhania leaves/cilantro
- 2 medium red onions chopped
- 2 cups rice flour
- 1cup very sour yogurt
- Green chilies –6-7
- Red chilly flakes (optional)
- Hing- 1tsp
- 1tbsp jeera/cumin seeds
- A pinch of turmeric
- Salt to taste
- Grated coconut (1/2 cup)
Directions
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Mix all the dry ingredients first and then add all the vegetables and coconut. Finally add yogurt and mix into a chapatti like soft dough. Cover and let it sit for 15mins. Now take a flat pan and smear with oil so that it wont stick. Also rub oil on ur finger tips, take a big orange sized ball of dough and spread on the flat pan gently with ur fingers so that it is equally spread in all directions. Spread it as thin as possible. On a medium flame roast this so that it cooks well. Add a tsp of oil around. Once golden spots begin to appear, Take it off from the stove and serve with a dollop of butter/ghee and any playa you like.