Orotti is a traditional breakfast item from Kerala made out of rice flour. The method of preparing it vary from region to region. Therefore, I have here modified it to suit all across.
Ingredients:
• Rice flour 2 cups• Grated Coconut 1cup• Cumin seeds* 1 tsp crushed• Shallots 10 nos crushed• Coconut Milk 1 cup• Banana leaves as required• Hot water
Take a mixing bowl, rice flour in it. Add crushed cumin seeds and shallots in to it. Add required salt. Mix it thoroughly so that the ingredients are mixed together. Now pour in hot water and use your hand to knead to get a nice dough consistency so that you can flatten it by pressing with your hand.
Now clean the banana leaf and cut in double the size of the Orotti size you desire to have. Take handful of dough and smoothen the edges to form a nice round ball. Place it on one end of the leaf and press the dough with your fingers to form a round disc like. Now lift the other end of leaf and cover the orotti.
Heat a pan and place orotti on it, cover and cook for about 3 minutes and turn the other side for another 3 minutes cooking. The banana leaf mark on orotti indicate that it’s cooked also, the leaf starts roasting and a flavor emits out.
Serve it hot with Coconut milk.
*Soak in water for about 15 minutes
Happy Cooking!
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