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100% HEALTHY SPINACH CHAPATHI/ GREEN ROTI

100% HEALTHY SPINACH CHAPATHI/ GREEN ROTI

Bhuvana Devi
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Resting time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Veg
Cuisine Indian
Servings 20 numbers

Equipment

  • Tawa
  • Rolling Pin
  • Wodden board

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Wheat Flour
  • 1 inch Ginger
  • 4 Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • Hot water req
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1 Green chili
  • 1 cub Arakeerai/Amaranthus Dubius
  • Butter optional

Instructions
 

  • Add the arakeerai, green chillies, ginger, garlic, with little water blend well into a fine paste. Keep it aside. In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups of wheat, 1/2 tsp salt,1tsp of oil, mix it well.
  • Add Spinach paste, mix well. then, add hot water gradually.
  • Knead well for about 10-15 min and make a soft dough. apply oil on the top of the dough, cover it with a moist cloth. let it sit for 1 hour.
  • After the rest time, the dough becomes softer, knead it for 5 min. Dust the clean workspace or chapati board with flour to avoid stickiness, Roll the dough to get a long shape.
  • Cut the long shape dough into small pieces with a knife and make balls between your palms.
  • Roll the balls evenly using a rolling pin into a circle chapati. Dustoff the excess flour.
  • Otherside, Heat the dosa Tawa and place the chapati.
  • Gently, press the edge of the chapati with a cotton towel /spoon to puff up.
  • Once the chapati puffs up, flip to the other side and cook for the next 1min. cook until you find the small dark spots.
  • Apply butter on the top of chapati and serve it hot with e aloo muttarcurry, simple dal fry,egg masala.

Notes

Tips to make Soft Chapati
  • Before start doing chapati these are the tips to be noted for a soft chapati recipe.
  • To make soft chapati, add hot water gradually to knead the dough.
  • Adding oil keeps the dough won’t dry up and make it smoother.
  • Once the dough prepared, do not keep the dough to dry. So, I use a moist cloth to cover it
  • Note: you can use any green leaves.