Ragi Roti (gluten-free)

Ragi Roti

Simple, healthy, super soft, gluten-free rotis which is easy to make for breakfast... can be served with raita, gravy, kootu or even with any chutney.

Ingredients:

Ragi flour - 1 cup

Water        - 1 cup

Oil              - few drops

Salt to taste.

Method:

# Boil water add 2 drops of oil, salt and ragi flour and stir well on low flame.

# In 3-4 minutes it will come together. Switch off the stove and cover it well. (allow it to cool)

# After 20 minutes apply some oil in your palm and start kneading. In few minutes it will become soft dough. Make marble size balls.

# Heat tawa... coat ragi balls with ragi flour and start rolling. You can roll a thin chapati. (as we do for our normal wheat flour chapati)

# Once tawa is hot add the chapati...in few seconds you can flip and cook the other side.

Once cooked add some oil and make ragi roti. 

You can also make like pulkas. It will puff up well. Apply some ghee to pulkas. These ragi rotis are super soft even you can pack for lunch box.

Do try and provide your comments.

Thank you!

Parsi Mawa Cake (Eggless & Whole Wheat flour)

Parsi Mawa Cake ( Eggless & Whole Wheat flour)

Mawa Cake is a super soft cake...which is very popular in Pune & Mumbai bakeries. I'm sharing an eggless version with whole wheat flour. We can use cardamom powder / cardamom essence.

Steps with pictures:
Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup
Unsalted butter - 3/4 cup
Mawa / khoa - 3/4 cup
Milk - 3/4 cup
Curd - 1/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Cardamom essence - few drops
Cashews - 10 approximately

To make instant Mawa you need:

Milk powder - 1 cup

Milk - 1 cup

Method:

http://swadishtkitchen.blogspot.com/2019/12/instant-mawa-khoya.html

# Sieve whole wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder for atleast 4-5 times. (dry ingredients)
# Cream butter and sugar.

# Add cardamom essence, milk, curd with butter and sugar mixture.

# Add Mawa to your wet ingredients and mix well. ( it will not be a smooth mixture)(wet ingredients)

# Preheat your oven @ 180'c.
# Add dry ingredients with wet ingredients in small batches...cut and fold method. Batter will be slightly grainy in texture.

# Grease your baking tin with butter / oil. Dust some flour to the baking tin.

# Pour your cake mixture in the baking tin, arrange cashews at the top and bake it @ 180'c for 40-45 min.

# Once it is baked... check by inserting a tooth pick / knife.

# Demold after 15 minutes. Let it cool on a wire rack.

* Microwave convection mode - Preheat @ 180'c and bake @ same temperature for 35-40 min.
* Airfrier - Preheat @ 180'c for 7 min. Bake @ same temperature for 20 minutes.

Pressure cooker -  salt in the bottom, place the ring mould... preheat for 15 min on low medium flame and bake for 50 - 55 min.
Serve it with tea / coffee.
Please do try and provide your comments.
Thank you!