Ubbu Rotti - Rice flour roties

Where was I all these days? Well I was right at home and at office but too tied up with lots of work and expectations. Well, the last month - Shravana masa as we call it will generally be quite hectic with me, with all those poojas and festivals. Though there were quite many special dishes cooked, I didn?t have any energy or enthu to click and blog. So just stayed back from blogging. Now here I am, back in full swing!

Coming to today?s dish, we have what we call Ubbu rotti - a roti made of rice flour, which just puffs up like poori when making, and is very soft and melts in your mouth. Not very difficult to make, though requires a little more time than the usual chapathis or so, but its really worth a try.This tastes great with some chutney, vegetable palya, esp any side dish made of brinjal/eggplant. The side dish recipe will soon follow.

Ubbu Rotti

Preparation time : 20 min
Cooking time : 20 min
Makes : 8-10

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 1 ½ cups + for dusting
Water - 3 cups
Salt - ½ tsp, or as per taste
Cooking Oil - 2 tsp

Method:
? In a heavy bottomed pan, boil water by adding salt and a few drops of oil
? Once water starts boiling, add rice flour and let it remain for 10 minutes on medium low flame
? At the end of 10 minutes, take a strong ladle and continuously stir, avoiding lumps
? Cook for a couple of minutes more. The resulting dough should be similar to that of papad dough - soft, but non sticky
? Let it cool for a couple of minutes so that it can be handled
? Divide the dough into 3-4 parts and knead it well, smearing a few drops of oil. See tips and tricks below for easier ways.
? Once the dough is kneaded well into a soft but firm dough, take big small lemon sized balls and roll it using rolling pin like a chapatti/roti. Use a little amount of rice flour if it feels sticky
? Heat a griddle on high flame and cook the rolled rotti on both sides by flipping. Ensure not to brown the rotti. Appearance of light brownish spots indicates that it is done.
? Repeat the same with rest of the dough
? Serve hot with some palya/gojju/chutney

Tips n Tricks:
? To avoid your palms getting burnt while kneading the hot dough, fill it in thick polythene and cover it in a towel / thick cloth and knead it over it. This way a smooth and soft dough will be ready in a jiffy
? It is easy to knead the dough when hot rather than juggling it when it gets colder
? Knead it, make into balls before you start rolling. This saves time and effort, and it gets easier to roll and then cook simultaneously
? The better you knead, the easier it is to roll. If the dough is not kneaded well, while rolling the rottis start cracking and gets difficult to handle

Variations:
? The same can be prepared with fine soji or maida instead of rice flour. But the one with rice flour is a far healthier one.