Recipe

Bajra Roti

Recipes/Bajra Roti

Traditional Rajasthani bajra roti cooked on open flame

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Serves

6

Level

medium

Ingredients

  • 2 cups bajra flour
  • Warm water
  • Salt to taste
  • Ghee for serving

Method

  1. 1

    Add warm water gradually to bajra flour and knead soft dough.

  2. 2

    The dough should be pliable, not sticky or dry.

  3. 3

    Pat dough balls between palms into thick round rotis (no rolling pin).

  4. 4

    Cook on hot tawa, then hold directly over flame to puff.

  5. 5

    Apply generous ghee on both sides while hot.

  6. 6

    Serve with dal, gur (jaggery) and white butter.