Akki rotti (Karnataka rice-flour flatbread)
This Karnataka-style akki rotti mixes fine rice flour with vegetables, coconut, herbs and spices, then hand-pats and griddle-cooks the dough.
Traditional method
Missi roti
A chickpea-and-wheat flatbread made with spices, onion and herbs, rolled and cooked on a tawa. This batch makes sixteen.
A chickpea and wheat flatbread
Missi roti combines besan with whole-wheat flour. In this teaching-text version, onion, chillies, coriander and toasted spices are mixed into the dough before it is rolled and cooked on a tawa. The text presents this as one regional formula rather than a fixed ratio for every household.
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History
The teaching text documents a chickpea-and-wheat version in a northern Indian regional-cuisine collection; its first date is not established here.
Ingredients
Yield 16 rotis · Scaling: source batch only
473 mL2 cup as recorded
177 mL¾ cup as recorded
2.5 mL½ tsp as recorded
Carom seeds
1.2 mL¼ tsp as recorded
Black peppercorns
5–6
Dried pomegranate seeds
15 mL1 tbsp as recorded
Green chillies
3
1
1 mediumTo taste
2.5 mL½ tsp as recorded
Coriander leaves
30 mL2 tbsp as recorded
Oil
15 mL1 tbsp as recorded
Plus oil for greasingAmount not stated
As needed to knead a doughButter (optional)
As needed for serving
Method
Risks and precautions · Standard risk
Wheat allergen
The dough contains whole-wheat flour.
Hazard sourceThis batch contains wheat. Take care when handling the hot tawa.
- Mix the chickpea and whole-wheat flours in a bowl. Toast the cumin, carom, peppercorns and dried pomegranate seeds, then crush them.
- Add the chopped chillies, onion, salt, turmeric and coriander leaves to the flours. Add enough water to knead, then work in the tablespoon of oil and the crushed spices.
- Cover the dough and let it rest for about 15 minutes. Divide it into 16 portions and roll each into a flat round.
- Heat a tawa and cook the rounds with a little oil until both sides are well done. Serve hot, with butter if desired.
Conditions
Yield16 rotis
Places
India
Documented preparation · Country evidenceA university teaching text documents this formula in northern Indian regional cuisine; it does not establish a birthplace.
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Sources
Uttarakhand Open UniversityMethod · Inspiration · Geography
Regional Cuisines of India-IMissi roti ingredients, 15-minute rest, 16 portions and tawa method, page 82.
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