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    Home » Indian

    Published: Apr 22, 2016 · Modified: Mar 10, 2022 by Smruti · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

    Bite size Makki di Roti

    When you start talking of traditional Punjabi cooking, Sarson da Saag makes its way to the top of the list. This main dish made from mustard greens, spinach leaves and daikon leaves is the most famous dish from the state. But just the saag is incomplete without its partner, makai di roti. Simply put, sarson da saag and makai di roti along with kachumbar and lassi is a complete Punjabi meal. 

    After I decided to make sarson da saag for the Mega Marathon, I obviously had to make this roti. Three reasons: the saag calls for makai aata so I had it in my pantry, sarson da saag would look incomplete in my pictures without the roti :p and most importantly; I wanted to do justice to the saag by making a right bread to go with it!

    While the traditional Punjabi people would prefer their roti as a big round disc, I made rather petite rotis out of the makai flour. While there was no particular reason for it, we loved to place a roti on the plate, then a scoop of the saag and finally a tiny bit of the kachumbar and eat it like sev batata puri. The same recipe is obviously good to make big rotis too; I made a big one and cut the small ones from that before transferring them to the tava anyway. 

    The method to make these rotis is pretty similar to the way we make any other flatbread like Bajri or Jowar. However, because the dough does not bind as well as the other grains, it is slightly difficult to handle it. The easiest way is to place a ziplock bag and then roll the rotis on it. This makes it super easy to pick it up once rolled out. I made a big pile of these rotis and we enjoyed the remainder with tea. They tasted awesome as a snack too, especially because they were perfectly sized to dip in a mug of masala chai. 

    Ingredients


    Makai Flour/ cornmeal 1 ½ cup

    Water ½ cup

    Ajwain/ carom seeds ½ tsp 

    Salt ½ tsp

    Flour to dust

    Ghee or butter

    Method


    In a mixing bowl add the makai flour, carom seeds, salt and water. Mix well, and keep adding water little at a time till you get a dough that is soft and does not fall apart. Make equal sized balls of the dough. 


    Place a ziplock bag on the rolling surface and roll out the balls to a flat bread of about ¼ inch thickness. I used a cookie cutter to make small bite sized rotis.

    Transfer the roti to the tava, let it cook on one side. Turn over and apply ghee or butter on the top surface. Turn over and repeat. Once cooked on both side, take it off the flame and serve with warm saag, kachumbar and yogurt.

      

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    1. Srivalli says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      Lovely way to make bite sized rotis..picture looks so pretty!

      Reply
    2. Srividhya says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      pretty cool. love it.

      Reply
    3. MySpicyKitchen says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      I am loving your bite sized makki da roti. It is a cool idea to make it in bite sizes and are tempting.

      Reply
    4. Amara’s cooking says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      Rotis look so cute and love your presentation, just amazing:)

      Reply
    5. Pavani says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      I still haven't had luck making decent makai ki roti -- they break apart on me. I love your mini version, hopefully they'll stay together. I will give these a second chance and will try some time.

      Reply
    6. cookingwithsapana says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:07 pm

      Bite sized roti looks cute .

      Reply

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