A Karnataka dish for breakfast

Delight your family with this Karnataka dish for breakfast. Here it is.

Akki Roti

Akki Rotti is a very popular Karnataka breakfast item prepared with rice flour. Akki Rotti means rice pancake in the native language, Kannada.

 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins
 Yields: 3 Akki rotis 

  Ingredients needed

   Rice flour -1 cup
   Onion -2 medium size
   Green chilli -2
   Cumin seeds/jeera -1 tsp
   Grated coconut -3 tbsp
   Coriander leaves -fistful finely chopped
   Salt to taste

   Oil for making akki roti
   Tawa/griddle or kadai

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Preparation

Finely chop onions and green chillies. Grate coconut and keep it ready.

Method 

In a plate or bowl, combine together, rice flour, finely chopped onions, green chillies, cumin seeds, coriander leaves, grated coconut and salt needed. Add needed water and prepare a soft dough.

Divide the dough into 3 equal parts. Grease a tawa or griddle or a kadai with oil (yes, you can prepare it in a kadai also) and keep it ready. Take a ball of dough and spread it evenly and as thinly as possible.

You can grease your fingers with oil to make spreading easier. Make 5-6 holes on the roti as it will help in cooking it well.

Then heat the kadai, drizzle a tsp of oil around the rotti and inside the holes. Cook covered on medium heat.

Once it starts browning, flip it over to the other side and roast until golden brown.

If you have another tawa, you can repeat the same process for the rest of the dough, otherwise, cool the tawa by showing the back side of the tawa under running water and then spread the dough on the tawa.

Serve akki roti hot with tomato thokku, mango thokku or chutney or just plain curd.