Jharkhand Kodon Millet Roti Ancient Grain Tribal Flatbread

Cuisine: Jharkhand Category: Breakfast Prep: 10 min Cook: 20 min Serves: 4 Difficulty: Medium 🌿 Vegetarian

Kodo millet flatbread hand-patted from the ancient grain cultivated by Jharkhand tribes for centuries — nutritious, gluten-free and earthy in flavour.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Place kodo millet flour and salt in a bowl.
  2. Add hot water gradually while mixing then kneading with continuously wet hands.
  3. Knead for 3 to 4 minutes with wet hands. Kodo millet has no gluten — keep hands continuously wet.
  4. Divide into 4 balls. Keep covered with a damp cloth.
  5. Wet both palms. Place one ball on a wet surface.
  6. Pat outward with wet palms into a round 14 cm wide and 7 mm thick. Rewet hands repeatedly.
  7. Heat a dry iron tawa on medium. Invert the shaped roti onto the tawa.
  8. Cook 3 to 4 minutes. Flip. Cook 3 minutes.
  9. Finish over a direct flame 30 seconds per side.
  10. Serve with ghee, mustard oil or curd.

Recipe from samaiyal.com — Authentic Indian Recipes