Friday, September 21, 2007

Radish Roti with Jhunka



Radish Roti


Ingredients

2 medium sized radish
2 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp freshly roasted jeera powder
1/4 tsp freshly roasted ajwain powder
Salt to taste

Wheat flour ~400 gms

What next ? Clean the radish. Peel skin. Grate. Take 2 tbsp oil in pan, add the jeera and ajwain powders, turmeric, green chillies and then the radish. Simmer until cooked partly (for 5-10 mins).Take off flame. Add wheat flour to it and knead into smooth dough. Make them into equal sized balls and then roll them into rotis. Roast on tawa.

To serve ? Serve with Jhunka






Jhunka (popularly called pitla)

Ingredients

1/4 cup besan
2-3 cups water
1 large onion finely chopped
2 small tomatoes finely chopped
2 green chillies finely chopped
2-3 tbsp oil
1/2 tsp garam masala powder
Salt to taste

What next ? Take oil in pan, add onion. Fry till pink, add tomatoes, green chillies and once tomato is cooked, add the paste. Add garam masala powder, salt to taste and cook on sim until the paste thickens. Coriander leaves to be added for garnishing.

To serve ? Serve with Radish roti




2 comments:

heidi said...

Hey thanks much for jhunka and radish parantha receipe.After a hectic day I came home only to find no veggies except onion n a thin raddish in refrigerator.

We just finished our dinner and it was great.

Thanks again.
~shwetha
http://ssheidi.livejournal.com

GP said...

Hey Miffy (aka Shwetha),
Am glad you liked it :)
Cheers
PS - will visit your blog sometime soon.