Rice flour roti on banana leaf
This is a very popular breakfast item and literally oil free.
Ingredients
For the roti (5 nos)
- Rice Flour – 1 cup
- Water or coconut water – 1/2 cup
- Grated coconut - 1/4 cup
- Salt to taste
- Banana leaf - cut into pieces of about (1 feet x 1feet) which can fit into a pan.
For the Dry chutney
- Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Tamarind to taste
- Red Chillies - 4
Method
For the rotis
- Mix together the rice flour,water,grated coconut and salt so that the batter is slightly on the thicker side of the dosa batter.
- Now take a handful of batter and spread it on the banana leaf.
- Cover this with another banana leaf and fry on tava.
- After 2 minutes remove one of the banana leaves and turn the roti batter side down on the tava.
- Similarly remove the other banana leaf after a few minutes.
- Now the roti is cooked on both the sides.
For the chutney
- Heat half a spoon of oil in a pan.
- Add the mustard. After it sputters, add the red chillies and fry for a few minutes and turn off the flame.
- To this, add coconut, tamarind and salt to taste and crush well. ( do not use mixer for this)
Tips
- This roti can be had with regular chutney also.
Preparation time: 20 mins