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Tandoori Roti Without Oven

Indian Wheat flour flatbread cooked on stove. Yeast free recipe.
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 10 ROTIS
Author: Ruchi

Ingredients

  • 2-1/4 cup Wheat Flour (Atta)
  • 1/2 cup Curd/buttermilk
  • 3/4 cup Water (appx.)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1/2 -1 tablespoon Oil to finish up the dough
  • 3 - 4 tablespoon Ghee to brush all the rotis

Instructions

  • Add all the ingredients (leaving out ghee) and knead a soft pliable dough.
  • Heat a old kadai.
  • Take a golf size ball of wheat dough and roll it into a small circle.
  • FIRST METHOD - Spread oil/ghee on the circle.
  • Using a knife, cut the circle from one end.
  • Beginning from one end start rolling the circle.
  • Keep rolling...
  • Till you reach the other end.
  • It should look like a flower bud..as shown in the picture.
  • Start pressing down on the dough.
  • Press it down completely and make it look like a ball again; but with layers.
  • Dust it with dry flour and roll it into a circle.
  • SECOND METHOD - Roll the dough ball into a big circle. Apply ghee/oil all over the circle. Start folding the circle in folds...as shown in the pictures.
  • After you have folded the circle, start rolling it...
  • Keep rolling till you reach the end.
  • Secure the end part and press it down.
  • Roll it like a roti or a big circle.
  • Apply water on one side...
  • Lift the roti..
  • And place it inside the warm kadai. Press it down.
  • You can even do two at a time, depending on big your kadai is.
  • Keep the flame on medium, and turn the kadai upside down on the cook top.
  • Keep checking in between.
  • If you like your rotis to be less crispy, then lower the flame and cook.
  • Some rotis may get stuck to the kadai, no worries. Using a flat spatula, gently apply some pressure and the rotis will come out easily.
  • The bottom part of the roti will look like this.
  • If you like it to be extra cooked then keep the kadai on the flame for sometime (in normal position - not upside down).
  • All done tandoori roti.
  • Generously apply ghee on top.
  • If you wish crush the edges of the rotis and store in a container. Repeat the process with rest of the dough.
  • Tandoori rotis are ready.
  • Enjoy warm rotis with Dal tadka or sabzi for your choice.