Lacha Roti Recipe, Punjabi Lacha Roti | Lachedar Roti Recipe
Author: Gopi Patel
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Punjabi
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Serves: 2
- Wheat flour: 2 cup
- Water: 1 cup
- Oil: 1 tbsp
- Ajwain (Carom seeds): 1 tsp
- Clarified butter (ghee): 1 tsp
- Red chili powder: 1 tsp
- Chaat masala: 1 tsp
- Wheat flour: 1/2 tsp, for dusting
- In a bowl take 2 cups of whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta) and add a tablespoon of oil and a tsp of carom seeds (ajwain).
- Adding little water at a time, start kneading wheat dough for lachcha roti.
- Once the dough is ready keep it aside to rest for 10 mins.
- Now divide the lacha roti dough into roti/paratha size balls.
- Dust a rolling board with some wheat flour and place a dough ball on it.
- Sprinkle some wheat flour and roll into roti size disc. Apple some clarified butter (ghee) on top side.
- Sprinkle some red chili powder and some chaat masala powder. Apply very small quantity of wheat flour on the lacha roti.
- Using a knife slice the roti from center till one end as shown in picture.
- Separate the two cuts and start folding one cut by rolling it slowly across the roti disc.
- Keep rolling until the roti dough takes a shape of cone as shown in picture.
- As shown in image hold the cone in both hands and start rotating one end like a screw.
- Keep rotating until the roti dough forms nice layers. Now press the roti dough against palm and make a flat disc folding all the layers in between.
- Using both hands press the roti dough slightly so that it retains the new shape.
- Heat a flat bottom non-stick pan or tawa and place the rolled lacha roti on it.
- Put the gas on high flame and roast the lacha roti on both the sides till it gets nice golden color.
- While roasting gently press with spatula to roast lacha roti evenly.
- Lacha roti is ready. Serve lacha roti with Punjabi curries like Palak paneer, paneer tikka masala, aloo palak or Punjabi chole.
Recipe by WeRecipes at https://werecipes.com/lacha-roti-recipe-punjabi-lachedar-roti/
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