Oratti

This is a wonderful snack that serves as a breakfast item too. Though originally made with rice flour, I have experimented successfully with wheat flour and jowar flour too.

Ingredients:

Rice flour          - 1 cup (for 4 orattis)

Coconut scraping          - ¼ cup

Salt to taste

Hot water

Method:

-         Take rice flour in a vessel, add salt and pour some hot water.

-         Mix with hand and add the coconut scrapings.

-         Add more water if needed to make soft dough.

-         Divide into four portions and make them into balls.

-         Heat an iron tava and smear some sesame oil on the surface.

-         Reduce the flame, take a ball of dough, flatten it between the palms and put on the tava

-         Keep a bowl of cold water nearby. Dip your three fingers in the water and spread the dough on the tava. Take care not to burn the fingers

-         Cook on medium flame. Pour some ghee over the surface and turn it upside down to cook the other side.

-         It can be served with vegetable stew or egg curry. I love to eat it with butter

A modification:  8 July 2015
Today I discovered a modification of making oratti with jowar flour. Pour boiling water over the jowar flour, add salt, coconut scrapings and grated cucumber. Knead into a soft dough, adding more water if needed, and make orattis. It is just awesome, my husband was all praise for it.