Roti's have been an important dish in our day-to-day life, but we usually stick to one type of roti, wheat roti. The varieties of rotis are often disregarded, so we will try to recall some of these forgotten roti's.
1. Brown Rice and Jowar Rotis
Ingredients
1/4 cup of Jowar
1/4 cup of Brown Rice
1/2 cup of Wheat Flour
1/4 cup of Coconut Milk (Optional)
1 tablespoon of Ghee
Make a dough of all these flours with water. Instead of water, you can use coconut milk to prepare the dough or cow's milk to prepare the dough. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes. Knead the flour with your hand and make a round ball and make nice round rotis. Serve hot with ghee.
Benefits
Brown rice is rich in fiber as it has the brand on the layer of rice. It is also rich in vitamins and potassium. They are a better alternative than normal rotis as it contains more nutrients and reduces the stress of heart disease. These roti's that are Jawar and Brown rice can really help you kick start your day as it will give you a good amount of energy.
2. Kuttu Roti
Ingredients
1 cup of Kuttu Flour (buckwheat flour)
1/2 tablespoon finely chopped Coriander Leaves
1/2 medium to large Potato
3 to 4 tablespoons of warm water or as required
1/2 teaspoon of rock salt
Oil and Ghee as required
First, boil the potato till it is completely cooked. Peel and mash the potato till it is warm in a bowl. Take a mashed potato, take coriander leaves, and kuttu flour. Mix it. In this bit of rock, salt could be added. Now understand this add a very little hot water. Knead properly slowly, slowly, and then go on adding water as required. Make the dough in a way that you can make a roti.
Overall, you need to use 3-4 tablespoons of warm water. Now understand how to bake roti. Put a griddle or tawa on the fire. Roll your roti over a thin muslin and roll it around. Let it become warm, and then take the roti on the right palm. Remove the muslin and put the roti on Tawa. When one side is partly cooked, flip it on the other side and let it cook.
Put half a teaspoon of ghee and flip it on the other side. Cook it for few minutes and flip again. Cook it till it has golden brown patches. Prepare this kottu roti and stag them in the basket. Serve kottu roti or paratha along with vegetables and curry, and enjoy your meal.
Benefits
This roti is totally gluten-free. It has similar properties to wheat flour but more nutrition. This buckwheat promotes weight loss and helps manage diabetes too. So do try this tasty roti.
3. Bajra Ragi Roti
Ingredients
1/4 cup of Bajra (Pearl Millet)
1/4 cup of Ragi (Fingel Millet)
1/2 Wheat flour
1 tablespoon of Ghee
The dough should be prepared from the above ingredients. You can definitely add milk to prepare the dough or even yogurt and keep it for 15 minutes. Make a roti with hand preferably. Cook it well and serve it hot with ghee.
Benefits
Both Bajra and Ragi are extremely nutritious and fiber-rich. This roti prevents hyperglycemia or high blood sugar. It has nutrients like iron, calcium, magnesium, and even zinc. This prevents hypercholesterolemia and the thickening of arteries calcification of artery. Therefore, this nutrition roti can get scrutinizing eye.
4. Flaxseed and Sesame Roti
Ingredients
1/4 cup of Flaxseed
1/4 cup of Sesame
1/2 cup Wheat flour
1 tablespoon of Ghee
Prepare the dough by grinding flaxseed and sesame seed forcibly and adding them into wheat flour with water. Let the dough rest for a while before preparing roti. Prepare the roti round and nice ghee and serve with ghee.
Benefits
These rotis are known for reduction of weight, and it provides essential amino acids. This also provides omega-three fatty acids, which automatically reduce the risk of various chronic diseases and are responsible for optimal brain development. Sesame seeds are a good source of fiber and reduce cholesterol and triglyceride levels. They also reduce blood pressure and prevent bone problems. This roti should definitely be part of our daily diet.
5. Missi Roti
Ingredients
2 cups of Besan (Gram flour)
3/4 Wheat flour
3/4 Jeera or Cumin Seeds
1/4 ajwain or Carom Seeds
5-6 Peppercorns
Salt to taste
1 tablespoon of Oil or Ghee
Take a gram of flour and wheat flour in a bowl add cumin seeds, carom seeds, and peppercorns. Pound them into a powder. Take sufficient water and start needing dough. Add 1 tablespoon full of oil and add pounded spice powder, and then it into a dough. Cover the dough and keep it as it is atleast for 15 minutes. Roll small Rotis, heat the Tawa, and cook it from both sides. Serve hot with white butter or ghee.
Benefits
This Missi Roti is high in fiber protein, and so it is most beneficial, and a person should use it once a week. This roti has fewer calories than regular flour. So try and eat this once in a week in your meal.
We often make roti of one type, but all these rotis when you make it are definitely much more beneficial, and that doesn't take any extra time. You will be able to really use it well and give proper nutrition to your body.
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