Biscuit Rotti ( Stuffed Fried Bread)

Biscuit rotti is a traditional, South Kanara recipe. It is similar to the North Indian Kachoris. Basically it is dough that is stuffed amongst a sweetness together with spicy filling together with so deep-fried. It is commonly served at breakfast or enjoyed amongst the even tea. It could hold upwards made amongst whole wheat or all-purpose flour. The filling could hold upwards made of predominantly cream of wheat ( sooji) together with grated kokosnoot to which spices select been added or it could hold upwards simply freshly grated kokosnoot that has been mixed amongst spices. Both sense of savor good. I select made the filling using a combination of cream of wheat together with freshly grated coconut.

This is non hard to brand at all. You could brand the filling together with the outer dough slightly ahead of fourth dimension an proceed it inwards the refrigerator. When guests arrive, y'all tin brand the biscuit rotti together with serve it correct away!

The alone argue I don't brand it oft is because it is deep-fried together with I remain away from deep-fried. I am making this afterwards most 10 years. My hubby together with I believe inwards eating good for y'all most of the time. I was craving this together with hence made it. This recipe has been graciously shared yesteryear my sister, who is something of a " biscuit rotti" expert!

Servings: makes 8 medium-sized biscuit rotti.

Prep time: 3.5 hours ( which includes iii hours of keeping the dough aside)Cook time: 10 minsTotal fourth dimension : 3.65 hours

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour or all role flour/ maida : 1 & 1/2 cups
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Coconut oil: 1 + 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder: a pinch ( optional)
Warm water: 1 loving cup ( may non take away all)

Oil for frying.

For the filling:
Coconut oil: 1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves: 1-2 sprigs
Urad dal/ separate matpe beans: 1/2 tsp
Cream of wheat/ sooji: 1/2 cup
Freshly grated coconut: 1/2 cup
Salt: 1/4 tsp
Sugar: 1 tsp
Green chillies: 1, finely chopped.
Red chilli powder: 1/4 tsp ( tin hold upwards adjusted based on your preferred spice level.
Asofoetida : a pinch

Method:

In a bowl, mix together wheat flour, sooji, salt, sugar, 1 tbsp warm oil, a pinch of turmeric.

Add H2O picayune at a fourth dimension together with brand a dough. Knead the dough for few minutes.

Apply crude oil to the outside, encompass amongst damp cloth/paper-towel together with proceed aside for atleast one-half hour.

While the dough is sitting, brand the filling.

For the filling:

Heat 1 tbsp crude oil inwards a sauté pan/ kadai.
Add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add together curry leaves, urad dal, chopped greenish chillies & saute for xxx seconds or until the urad dal turns slightly golden inwards color.

Add sooji together with roast for a twain of mins. Now add together the freshly grated coconut, ruby chilli powder, hing, tabular array salt together with sugar.

Sauté for two mins. Turn off the flaming together with proceed aside. The filling is ready.

Putting it together:

Pinch lemon-sized subdivision of the dough together with brand a ball.

Roll the dough into a modest circle that is non also thin.

Place 1 tbsp filling inwards the middle of the circle.

Cover it amongst the surrounding dough inwards such a trend that no filling comes out (as shown inwards the moving painting ).

Do the same amongst all the available dough.

Roll each of the filled balls gently into a poori. Do this amongst all of them.

Heat crude oil inwards a kadai/ wok, on medium flame. When the crude oil is hot enough, drib the stuffed poori gently into the oil.

Fry it on medium flaming for 2-3 mins. Flip it together with tyke on the other side for 1-2 mins.

Take it out together with drain on newspaper towels.

Serve hot, may hold upwards amongst a loving cup if tea/coffee.

I am bringing this to Fiesta Fri #141, Throwback Th #58 & Saucy Saturdays. Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are: Julianna @ Foodie on Board and Zeba @ Food For The Soul

Cooking made easy:

Fried things create good together with evenly without getting burnt, if y'all maintain an fifty-fifty temperature of the oil. This is done yesteryear initially heating the crude oil until it is simply hot together with so reducing the flaming to medium together with maintaining it there. It is amend to tyke items similar Biscuit rotti on medium flaming so that the within tin hold upwards cooked equally good equally outside.

Tip for good for y'all living:

When making whatever sort of fried items, job simply plenty crude oil equally needed for frying. Discard the remaining oil. Every fourth dimension crude oil is heated, it releases hydrocarbons together with gratuitous radicals that are harmful for our health. You tin read to a greater extent than inwards the references below.

Food for thought:

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