Tandoori roti in bread toaster

 


Tandoori Roti is an Indian unleavened whole wheat bread traditionally made in a clay oven or tandoor.Normally we eat tandoori roti in restaurants however it is not feasible solution to have and maintain the tandoor oven and hence there has been several clever ideas to prepare it.One such idea is to make roti in bread toaster.

I saw this thrifty roti making technique while surfing on google and gave it a try.The roti cooked in toaster would not have the same texture as baked in restaurants or tandoor oven but still an easy option to satisfy the strong craving of roti.These healthy rotis can be served with any gravy based veg or non veg dish.You can also apply butter to turn the simple roti to butter roti but it's completely optional.
                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                              
     
          Ingredients

• 2 cups wheat flour/atta
• salt to taste
• 1 tbsp oil
• water as required(to knead)
• wheat flour/atta to dust 
• 2-3 tbsp butter for brushing (optional)

         (Serves 3-4)

                                                                            

 

        

          Method of preparation 

• In a large mixing bowl take 2 cups of wheat flour.
• Then add salt to taste.
• Add  1 tbsp of oil to the mixture.
• Combine all the ingredients well.
• Add water as required and knead for 5-10 minutes to form the soft dough.
• Cover with the moist cloth and rest for 20 minutes.
• After 20 minutes again knead slightly,making sure the dough is smooth and soft.
• Pinch a small ball sized dough.
• Make a ball and flatten it slightly.
• Dust with wheat flour before rolling.
• Roll the dough slightly thick to around 4-5 inch diameter.(depending on the size of toaster)
• Place rolled roti on to heated non-stick pan, turn it around when you see brown dots on one side.
• When roti is half done on both the sides transfer the half cooked roti into the toaster and turn on the toaster. 
• Keep the meter between 2-3 ,adjust the meter accordingly and it takes the same heat as required to toast the bread.
• Wait till the tandoori roti pops up and puffs up.
• Transfer the roti to plate using the forceps.
• Brush with some butter if you like to make butter roti.
• Serve hot with veg or non-veg gravy dish.

                                                                                                                                                           

                                       

          

          Note

• Add water cautiously to the flour not to make dough too soft.Dough should be hard enough to easily roll the ball with a rolling pin.You can add more dry flour to the dough if you feel dough is very soft.
• Keep rolling the dough balls into Roti while one is cooking on the pan so that next one is ready as soon as you move the first one into the toaster.

          Happy cooking !