Serving: 2/ Type: Tiffin / Roti
Ingredients:
All-Purpose Flour / Maida | –1 cup |
Salt | – 1/2 tsp |
Sugar | –1/2 tsp |
Oil | –1 1/2 tsp |
Water | – 1/3 cup+5tsp |
Extra Oil on the side | –1/4 cup |
Method:
- In a mixing bowl, add All-purpose flour, salt, sugar, oil and water and mix it like chapati dough.
- Apply oil over the dough, cover it and let it rest for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, split the dough into 5 – 6 balls.
- Roll out each of the balls into flat disks and apply oil liberally on top and bottom of each disk.
- Let the disks rest for another 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, pull the disk into thin large circle, (make it as thin as possible by applying oil liberally and stretch it out.
- Then fold the thin circle in to a spiral ball.
- Rest each of the spiral ball for another 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, roll out the spiral ball into a flat disk
- Place this flat disk on a hot tawa and cook both sides for 3-5 minutes on medium flame.
- After you have made all the porottas, while hot, pat it sideways.
- Serve it hot with Salna /Chalna
Note:
- It is suggested to let the dough rest for 2 hours, but the longer you wait, the softer the porotta will be.
- If you use Indian Maida, it will give better results.