Masale Akki Rotti

Akki rotti is one of the signature dish from Karnataka. Each part of karnataka has their own type of akki rotti. Plain akki rotti, malnad akki rotti, masala akki rotti, baliyo akki rotti, soppina akki rotti. Main ingredient of akki rotti is rice flour. Similar to akki rotti, rotti can be prepared with ragi, jowar. Here is a recipe of masale akki rotti.

Ingredients: 
Rice Flour / Akki hittu          - 4 cup

Cumin seeds                      - 1 tbsp

Sesame seeds                     - 2 tbsp

Bengal gram / Kadle bele         - 4 tbsp

Finely chopped Onion             - 1 cup

Grated or finely chopped carrot  - 1/2 cup

Finely chopped Dill leaves / Sabsige soppu - 1 cup

Grated coconut                   - 1/2 cup

Finely chopped ginger            - 4 tbsp

Finely chopped green chilli      - 2 tbsp

salt to taste

oil for roasting rotti

Hot water as required

Method: 
Step 1 : Heat one tbsp oil in a wide wok and same can be used as a mixing bowl, add jeera, bengal gram and fry until bengal gram turns golden brown but do not over roast. Add finely chopped ginger and chilli and fry for maximum sec. Switch off the stove.

Step 2 : Add salt, finely chopped onion, carrot, dill leaves and grated coconut into the wok and mix well. Add rice flour into it and crumble the mixture well.

Step 3 : Add required hot water to make a soft dough. While making a soft dough, add little water at a time to get the soft dough consistency.

Step 4 : Now take a small ball of dough and start patting over oiled thick plastic sheet or aluminum foil or banana leaf. Pat as thin as possible and avoid from having cracks in between the rotti. Make few holes in rotti so that rotti can absorb oil uniformly and cook fast.

Step 5 : Grease tawa with oil and gently transfer rotti from plastic sheet to hot griddle. If the plastic sheet is heat resistant then drop the sheet upside down over the hot griddle itself and slowly peal plastic sheet from akki rotti.

Step 6 : Smear some oil over the rotti (optional) and cook on medium flame. Flip over and cook both sides.

Serve hot Akki rotti with coconut chutney.

Note :

1) Grated carrot , Dill leaves and Coconut are optional and even quantity can vary based on ones taste.

2) Frying of chilli and ginger can be skipped if you are not using bengal gram.

3) Using hot water(preferable boiling water) makes rotti soft.

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