Akki Roti With Pumpkin Palya
Servings
2
Servings
2
Ingredients
Akki Rotis
2
cups
rice flour
1
small bunch
dill leaves
2
sprigs
curry leaves
1
medium
onion
(around 100 grams)
2 or 4
green chillies
(optional)
2
tbsp
grated ginger
1
tbsp
jeera (cummin)
salt to taste
60
ml
vegetable oil or ghee
Pumpkin palya
500
g
peeled diced pumpkin
1
medium
onion
(onion around 100 grams)
4
green chillies
2
medium
tomatoes
(around 120 grams)
1
tbsp
mustard seeds
1
tsp
cummin seeds
1
sprig
curry leaves
2
tbsp
vegetable oil or ghee
Instructions
Akki Roti
Chop the dill leaves and curry leaves
Chop the onions and green chillies very fine.
Place 2 cups of rice flour in a wide bowl or deep plate
Add the chopped herbs, jeera, grated ginger, onions and green chillies.
Add salt to taste. Mix well.
Heat 1 cup water and add a little at a time to get a dough that is pliable.
Take a large ball of dough and pat on a greased silicon sheet or banana leaf.
Prick the thin roti several times with a toothpick or fork.
Heat a tawa and turn the sheet or banana leaf onto the tawa.
Slowly peel off the sheet/banana leaf and let the roti cook.
Sprinkle a teaspoon of ghee while cooking to get a crisp roti. Flip over and cook until a few brown spots appear
Pumpkin Palya
Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, cummin seeds, curry leaves and wait until they splutter.
Add chopped onions, salt and slit green chillies. Saute until transluscent and soft.
Add chopped pumpkin and tomato. Saute for another 5 minutes.
Add water and salt to taste with enough water to cook the pumpkin until soft.
Sprinkle chopped kothimir (cilantro) and serve with Akki Roti.