Nanjil Kambu Oratti

 

Hi all..Today I m here with a popular tiffin in my native among the Muslims..It is NANJIL style ORATTI using KAMBU flour..Usually we use just rice flour for the recipe, but to make it even more healthy, I have added bajra/pearl millet/kambu flour..And we enjoyed it for our sahar/sehri/athaalam..You can even have it for iftar/dinner as well..

Oratti is one of my all time favourites right from my childhood..This is made on occasions as well as usual day routine at home..Most of u will be familiar with the recipe but u may call it using different names I guess, like, adai, roti..But, we call it as oratti..

In traditional style, it is not made using the iron press as I have shown in my video, but there is a hand press, in which u have to manually form the shapes on a piece of wet cloth..Of course it takes a little more time n u have to press all the dough initially n once completed u can start cooking them..I still remember, during the initial days of my cooking, I learnt to cook only in the manual press n I used to prepare it so well..It was a very old press of almost 20+ yrs I think..Now, we don't have it, n so for the past few years I have been using the iron press..Though it is super fast to prepare, still I love to make it in the traditional ones..Hopefully when I buy a new traditional press, I will post the recipe once again with different ingredients..Now, let's see how to make it..

RECIPE:

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Preparation Time:  15 mins

Cooking Time: 5 mins +  approx. 30 sec. each side

Serves: 9 oratti

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INGREDIENTS: [1 cup=250 ml]

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Pearl millet / Kambu flour - 1 cup

Samba Rice flour (puttu flour) - 1/2 cup

Grated coconut - 1 handful

Water - 2 cups + for kneading

Roasted rock salt - as required

Oil - for greasing 

Items required:

Roti press 

A Cover, cut into two

 

WATCH HOW TO MAKE THE RECIPE:   .

METHOD:

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1. In a vessel, pour the water, heat it, add salt, and then the grated coconut. Mix well and wait until it starts boiling.

2. Now, add the 2 flours and switch off the stove to avoid burning. Mix very well without lumps.

3. When the mixture is slightly hot, touch water and form a big size dough.

4. When the mix is warm, touch water and form crackless balls.

5. Now, keep the roti press ready and place one piece of cover on it. Place the dough ball on the cover with another cover placed above. 

6. Slightly press on 4 sides to get an even shape. Remove the outer cover. 

7. Heat an iron tawa, grease with oil and place the oratti on the tawa. Cook in high flame for approx. 30 seconds to 1 min on each side. Immediately place it in hot box and close so that it won't become dry. Do the same for the remaining dough. That's it!!

Your super tasty n healthy Kambu Oratti is ready!!  Have it with ur favourite side dish!! We usually serve with coconut milk/ coconut milk + beef roast (Click here for recipe) / mutton curry/chicken curry (Click here for recipe )/ Dal curry / Dal egg curry (Click here for recipe  )/ Dry roasted fish curry / Sardines fish tamarind curry etc. etc..

NOTE:

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1.Don't press the dough balls too hard in step 6. Else, the edges of oratti will be cracked.

2. The cooking time of oratti at the final stage completely depends on the flour used. 30 seconds is just an approximate time. It may take even lesser time to cook.