JOLAD ROTTI

As I hail from North Karnataka, I thought of starting my foodie blog with North Kannadigas all time fav JOLAD ROTTI (JOWAR ROTI).

If you walk through the streets of villages in North Karnataka during morning hours, you can hear "tup, tup" sound of making jolad rotti, rather i should say " badad / tattida rotti" in our rural tongue. "Badad / Tattida " means tapped. In villages, ladies make rotis with the help of their palm, not by using roller pin as we do.

To make 10 Rotis:-

Ingredients :-

Jowar Flour -1 lb
Water - 2 cups
salt - a pinch

Procedure:-

• Pour water in a vessel, add salt, bring water to boil.


• Add 1/2 lb of flour, allow it to bake for 10 mins.


• Stir properly to break lumps, remove the vessel from heat.


• When it is warm, add remaining flour and knead well.


• Make even sized dough balls.


• Dust the rolling board with flour and roll the balls with roller pin.


• Put roti on a hot tava/ griddle, brush the top surface with water.


• Roast for few seconds until the top begins to puff.


• Turn the roti and again roast until it puffs , then remove from tava.


• Serve hot/cold with palya and chutney.