Ok, finally we were able to get this action in place! Kindly excuse my amateurish voice that went along the video, the making is pretty much self explanatory!.
Ingredients Needed
Jowar Flour / Jonna Pindi - 1 cup
Wheat flour - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Hot water for mixing.
Method to prepare:
In towns or villages, they pound the flour directly from the grains. But these days you get ground flour, but these lack the gum to hold the rotis, so you can add a tsp of wheat flour to get the dough stay together.
Take the flour in a bowl, with jowar flour and salt. Mix well. Heat water and pour over the flour. With fingers rub in, then with tepid water you can mix it to make a dough. The secret is, it should not crumble away. Divide into equal balls
Take enough flour for dusting, spread and place one ball on the flour, and with your fingers hit on it slowly. It should expand not break down. Keep adding more flour to get a smooth roti. When is small in shape you will use the fingers, later it will expand to the entire hand. Gently lift it on one side and place it on the hot tawa. The one you have spread should be facing up.
Take a cloth and dip in water and spread on the roti. It will get cooked this way. The puffy of this roti depends on the variety you have used. Athamma says with other varieties available at their place, it will puffy up nicely. Else it will only puff at small areas.
Once you are sure it's cooked on one side, gently turn it around to cook on the other side. Its done when you see darkening on each side. When you eat with ghee dropped on hot Rotis, it tastes heavenly.
Do let me know your feedback, I am planning to get Athamma to make some authentic dishes. so let me know if the videos can be changed or edited or changed!
Sagari says
nice video sri ,I am gonna try this soon
Arundathi says
Valli, your athamma is a natural! thanks for the informative video!
kamala says
Nice video Valli.The Roti looks tempting
ANJALI J. says
Srivalli, nice video, waiting for more delicious recipes from Athamma.
sowmya says
lovely rotis..looks delicious
Kalai says
Your athamma is so cute, Valli! She was awesome in the video. I loved the occasional beeping of auto horns in the background. Definitely got me nostalgic! 🙂
Asha says
Looks mouthwatering Sri. Rotti is the best to eat right out of the tawa, hot with melting butter!!:)
sunita says
Sri, your athamma is an expert...she made the rotti with a flourish...hope to see more of her in action 🙂
TS says
A really nice presentation....it looks so easy now! Hope you'll have lots more.
Cheers,
trupti
The Spice Who Loved Me
Cham says
Nice video, hope to see more action video! I sent my entry Srivalli 🙂
Jayashree says
You sound so different in the video....
Jaya says
The roti is sooo tempting yum,
Nice video , looking forward for more recipes...
hugs and smiles
jaya
Tee says
I wish i could come and eat the jonna roti made by your athamma...reminds me of my mom!
The video is a great idea....would love to see more authentic recipes from your athamma.
Pearlsofeast says
wow Srivalli, I liked ur voice, It is very clear.
Nice video and new version of Roti for me. Thanks for sharing!!!!!!!
bee says
great tutorial. thank you.
Uma says
that was a nice video, srivalli! Love to watch many authentic recipes being made by your athamma.
satya says
Good work Srivalli.....would love to see many more authentic recipes from atthamma.
Sumitha says
Srivalli thanks for the video,it was so good.Your athamma is so skillful,it shows her years of experience.Please convey my thanks to her.
Revathi says
this is awesome. Looking forward to the authentic andhra cooking series videos !! Thanks to you and your athamma for doing this !!
ServesYouRight says
Nicely done! Your athamma is a good sport. You are of course an army drill sargeant 🙂 Loved the sounds of the birds and of your athamma's bangles. Very nicely done!
Smita
Manisha says
I loved how she flattened the roti out with her hands. Awesome!
Srivalli says
Asha, yes they taste so great hot with ghee!
sunita, thank you..yes we will surely plan for another one soon!
Sagari, thank you..sure..do let me know how it turns out
Arundathi, glad you liked it
Trupti, glad to find you back!..will try to work on them!
kamala, thank you!
Anajali, glad you liked it..
Jayashree, hhehe..I thought so
sowmya, thank you!
Tee, you are most welcome!...thanks...
Kalai, thank you!..hahah...yeah we couldn't avoid that...glad it did!..:)
Cham, sure..will upload soon!
Jaya, thank you
bee, glad you liked it
Pearlsofeast, really!..thank you..my pleasure...
satya, sure..will work on them soon!
Uma, thank you..
Sumitha, yeah its always a wonder watching her make this
Revathi, my pleasure..thank you
Smita, thank you!..ahahh...that was indeed nice right!
Manisha, glad you liked it..it comes with experience I guess..
Suganya says
How lucky you are. you get to learn from the expert directly. I have been gone only for a week and I have missed loads of stuff.
Do post more videos, Sri. They are quite informative.
Srivalli says
Thank you so much suganya...its great experience learning from her and I am still struggling to roll out like that!..