Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Akki Roti - Reader's Choice

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Did you all know 4th Sense Cooking has a Facebook Page!! :) Yup, here is the link - https://www.facebook.com/pages/4th-Sense-Cooking/112258548818620 

There are 1000+ fans who make it happen (absolutely humbled and happy). Its so magical to get in touch with the readers and makes me feel so excited that I have so many friends who really try my recipes :)    

Last month while I was going through my repository of images, I found some interesting pictures of herbs and  spices. Bling!! Posted one of them and asked my buddies to guess the spice and there were answers pouring in and most of them were right. It was the cocoa bean that I posted :) I had announced that one lucky winner would be able to see their recipe here on my blog and so is this mighty Akki Roti :) 

There are contests coming up every month. So just go ahead, like my page and participate to win exciting prizes. :)

Drum roll... Kirthana Aditya was the random winner of that contest and she was sweet enough to contribute the recipe for Akki roti - Karnataka styled recipe to me as soon as I mailed her. Here are few lines from her - 

I am Kirthana Aditya. Have been married for 6 years and that's my real length of experience in cooking as well!

So, why am I interested in cooking? Well, my mother in law is a great cook, I have learnt most of my cooking from her. The second reason is my husband (PS: fed by my mil for 25 years!); whether he can cook or not is never contested, but he is a great food critic. So, with no other option in sight, I became interested in cooking well. Now, following my husband's footsteps is my son, Sriram, who is hardly 6, and can perfectly figure out what's wrong in the dish! My sister is my partner-in-crime. We cook together watching cookery videos on YouTube! 

Today, it has become a passion and now, it's like, I love to cook new dishes and recipes. I constantly search for different recipes on the web and try them out. One such search result is 4th sense cooking, simple and easy-to-do recipes with ingredients at home. I even hold a copy of the 4th sense recipe book.           

Thank you so much Kirthana for introducing a delicious recipe to me and my readers. :)

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Ingredients:

Rice flour - 2 cups
Cumin Seeds (Jeera) - 2 tsps
Onions - 2
Green chilies - 3
Coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
Coconut (scrapped) - 1/2 cup
Salt - for taste
Water

Method:

Step 1: Take rice flour in a large mixing bowl.

Step 2: Add jeera to it.

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Step 3: Chop onion finely and add it to the bowl. 

Step 4: Chop green chilies finely and add it too. 

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Step 5: Drop in chopped coriander leaves. 

Step 6: Put the grated the coconut into the mixing bowl too. 

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Step 7: Add salt. 

Step 8: Heat 2 cups of water until it is warm. Now add the water little by little to dough and mix well until everything comes together into a soft and spreadable dough. 

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Step 9: Leave the dough closed for half an hour. 

Step 10: Take a plastic sheet and grease it with some oil. Pinch a large ball of dough and place it on the sheet and pat it until it is an evenly spread circle of 1/2 inch thickness. 


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Step 11: Place the sheet down side on a well greased pan and remove the sheet carefully leaving the akki roti on the pan. 

Note: You can pat the dough into a thin circle directly on the pan too. But see to that you have atleast two pans to alternate and use so that one becomes cool enough to handle while the other is on the stove. 

Step 12: Pour few drops of oil and roast on both the sides. 

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Serve the hot akki roti with jaggery, sugar or chutney of your choice. 

I served it with urad dhall chutney. Click on the chuntey image for the recipe. 

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Written by: Nithya
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23 comments:

Marsita Yahya said...

Hi, blogwalking & join yr site..
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Rashida Shaikh said...

It gives immense pleasure to hear from readers...keep growing

Priya Suresh said...

Thats truly awesome, lovely and fabulous post from a reader..

Joy Christy said...

Being in bangalore for close to 5 years has made me familiar with Akki Roti.. but never thought it will be so simple... thanks for the recipe ... i'm gonna try this soon

Unknown said...

good luck and best wishes... Since i am also connected on FB to your page, I am looking forward for more exciting contests!!!

Sowmya
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Manjula said...

Keep it up Kirthana! waiting to come over for an yummy treat:)

Manju

Mina Joshi said...

Wow ... Looks delicious .

Mina

Savi-Ruchi said...

akki rotti is a staple food for us :) Gorgeous pictures!!

divya said...

Wow...looks superb and mouthwatering...looks absolutely delicious.

Az said...

looks absolutely delicious!!

kitchen queen said...

super delicious and tempting akki roti.

Anonymous said...

Hey Nithya.. Cannot say i have been here for the first time coz I am a fan of your cooking and more than that your photography! but, yes I am leaving a comment for the first time. The roti looks delicious and simple. Well, that is not the only reason for me writing here, I truly respect the fact that you kept your words and gave a chance to your reader. :) Keep up the good work.

Anonymous said...

Hey Nithya.. Cannot say i have been here for the first time coz I am a fan of your cooking and more than that your photography! but, yes I am leaving a comment for the first time. The roti looks delicious and simple. Well, that is not the only reason for me writing here, I truly respect the fact that you kept your words and gave a chance to your reader. :) Keep up the good work.

VineelaSiva said...

Hey Nitya the Akki roti is very inviting.Love it dear.

Sravs said...

So perfect and yummy roti !!!!

lakshmi kumar said...

ur akki roti looka great!

Renuka said...

Looks really yummy

Unknown said...

nice roti

Unknown said...

Awesome post!!

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Deepthi KR said...

That is a wonderful idea!! looks colorful and delicious!!!

Happy to stop by ur blog and follow it!!!!

Please stop by mine too!!!
http://deepthidigvijay.blogspot.com/

SHILPY MALHOTRA said...

nice recipe n a wonderful blog...
happy to follow u..
would b glad if u follow back..:)

http://vaishnavacooking.blogspot.in/

Ranjani said...

Hi, I was wondering if this could be made with wheat flour as well? Just thought it would make it more healthy. Would it be possible or would it be too hard?

Ramya Annamalai said...

hey keethu this is ramya your classmate. just now while browsing i saw your blog. very proud if you and congrats for your blog

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