Laal Roti

Recipe Ingredients

1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	Flour - whole wheat
1 cup	237ml	Beet - finely grated (medium)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vegetable oil - or ghee
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	- salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Pepper
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cardamom - powder
		Vegetable oil - or ghee for
		Frying
		Flour - extra
		For kneading
		Variation: Mitha Laal Roti
50		Sugar - castor, or jaggery*

Recipe Instructions

Sift whole wheat flour in a bowl. dd salt, 2 tsp oil or ghee, cardamom powder and grated beet (beetroot), mix well. Add water, knead to a smooth dough.

Divide the dough into 9 equal portions, shape them into round balls.

Flatten and roll out each ball into a disc of 5" (12 cm) diameter.

Dust with extra flour.

Heat a griddle on a slow (low) fire. Cook one at a time, using 2 to 3 tbsp oil or ghee. Shallow fry the rotis by turning once or twice until both sides are cooked and turn lightly brown.

VARIATION: MITHA LAAL ROTI Take the same ingredients as recipe of Laal Roti. Add 50 gm castor sugar* (fine granulated sugar) or grated jaggery (a brown sugar available in Indian groceries) before kneading with water and proceed the same way as directed.

Children love this roti.

Source:
Original recipe passed down through the generations and tran

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