Home made Rumali Roti or Roomali Roti
Home made Rumali Roti or Roomali Roti
Rumali roti is one of a delightful dish popular among the South Asian countries. Rumali or Roomali roti is a thin flat bread recipe made of all wheat flour (Atta) and All purpose flour (Maida). Unlike many other dishes like Paratha, Naan and Chapati, these are rolled to form a super thin roti with a circular shape and are folded like a handkerchief. Hence the name Rumali as in Hindi language the word rumali means handkerchief. It is usually served with delicious egg curries, Kebabs and tandoori recipes. Traditional Rumali roti preparations make use of inverted clay pots known as Matka or clay pitcher for cooking. Have a look at the list of ingredients required and the method of preparation of Rumali roti recipe.
Ingredients used for Rumali Roti
- 1 cup of Atta / Wheat flour
- 1½ cup of All purpose flour / Maida
- 2 tablespoon of Oil
- 2 tablespoon of Ghee
- Salt for the taste
Method of preparation of Rumali Roti
- Take out a wide open mixing bowl, add the wheat flour, all-purpose flour, oil and some salt for the taste.
- Mix it well and slowly pour some water, mix it well and knead it to form a soft stiff dough.
- Use a damp cloth and cover the dough, keep it aside for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Take out some portion of the dough and roll it to form a lemon sized dough ball. Repeat the process until the whole of the dough is made into lemon sized dough balls.
- Use a chapatti roller and roll one lemon sized dough ball into a round shaped flat disc.
- Apply some ghee over the top and sprinkle some all-purpose flour.
- Keep it aside in a plate. Take out another dough ball and roll it to the same size as the previous flat bread.
- Now, put this over the smeared surface of the first roti.
- Roll this sandwiched rotis to form a super thin large roti, make use of all-purpose flour for rolling.
- Heat a tawa on a low-medium flame. Once it is hot, place the roti over it and cook it for some time. Flip it over so that the other side is also cooked well.
- When it is cooked well, take it off from the tawa and place it on a plate. Immediately separate the two roti which are stuck by the paste.
- Fold each of these rotis like a handkerchief fold. Serve it hot.
- These hot tasty rumali rotis goes well with any spicy gravy & raitha.
