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No Oil Ragi Rotti/Finger Millet Pancake

Ratings 5 from 1 votes
Cuisine
Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 20 min Rest Time: 10 min Total Time: 40 mins
Servings 10
Best Season Suitable throughout the year
Description

This Ragi Roti recipe is bit different from traditional Ragi Roti. This recipe is oil free, gluten free, vegan and have goodness green grated/chopped vegetable making it more nutritious and tasty. This power packed recipe keeps you full and energized for longer time.

Ingredients
  • 2 cups Ragi flour / Finger millet Flour
  • 1 cup Onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 cup Carrot  (grated)
  • 1 cup Cabbage  (grated)
  • 1 cup Methi leaves/Fresh fenugreek leaves (roughly chopped)
  • 2 cup Bottle gourd/Ash gourd/Chayote (grated)
  • 1 cup Spring onion (finely chopped)
  • 2 Green chili  (finely chopped)
  • 1/4 Tsp. Cumin seeds
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Chop onion, green chili, fresh fenugreek leaves and spring onion finely. Grate carrot, ash gourd and keep aside. 

  2. In a big mixing bowl add all the ingredients but half the quantity of bottle gourd and mix crushing all the vegetable with your hands for few minutes.

  3. Add more bottle gourd in steps to make nice smooth dough. Let the mixture rest for few minutes. Bottle gourd will leave water making dough perfect consistency.

  4. Divide the dough into 9-10 equal balls as per size of your pan.

  5. To make roti, spread the dough on a parchment paper , pat with your hands taking water between the fingers. If you pat without using water the roti may turn white while cooking.

  6. Now heat griddle on medium flame and transfer the roti facing on the griddle side, tap gently and allow cooking the roti along the sheet for 20-30 seconds, so that roti can stick to griddle and releases from parchment paper.

  7. Cover and let the it steam cook for 3-4 minutes.

  8. Once the roti leaves the griddle and cooked nicely from one side, flip it and continue cooking for about a minute or so till the roti is well cooked.

  9. Repeat same process for rest of the dough.

  10. Serve hot with Mango pickle, Coconut chutney, yogurt or raita.

Note
  • You can use vegetables of your choice like cilantro, dill, carrots, potatoes, ash gourd, chayote, corn kernels, cauliflower etc.
  • If griddle looks dry after making few roties, wipe it with damp cloth and grease lightly with oil.
Keywords: Gluten Free, Diabetic Recipe, Oil Free, Vegan
Rekha Nahata
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