Farali Roti from homemade farali flour

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Roti or chapati is always what we prefer to have with our meals, since it is a healthier choice as compared to parathas or theplas. Then why to skip roti during vrat or fasting.

This farali roti is prepared from homemade farali atta. This farali flour or vrat ka atta can be easily prepared at home. It just need 4 ingredients. You can prepare this flour in bulk and store in an air tight container.

Ingredients

To make Farali Roti, you need just 3 ingredients – Farali Flour, Water and Ghee.

Do not use readymade farali atta for this recipe. Since the method that we have used for this recipe pertains to ingredients used in homemade farali flour.

How to make Farali Roti – Step by Step Recipe

Take farali flour in a bowl. Now add ¼ cup water and mix. Initially add equal amount of water as flour.

NOTE : The consistency of the mixture should be such that it should drop from spoon or spatula easily (pouring consistency). Mixture should not be too watery. Quantity of water will vary according to the texture of the farali flour (coarse or fine).

Mix well with a spoon and check the consistency.

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Now take water in a pressure cooker and put stand on it. Place vessel containing farali flour+water mixture over it and cover. Close the lid of the cooker and remove whistle. Pressure cook on medium flame for 5 minutes. If you notice that the flour is not cooked well or mixture is too sticky or watery, then cook for 1-2 minutes more.

Once done, remove the vessel and take out cooked mixture in a flat plate. Add ¼  teaspoon ghee and knead well for about 1-2 minutes or till dough becomes smooth. You need to knead the dough when it is warm or hot. If the dough becomes cold, it will be difficult to knead it.

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Grease palms with little ghee and take the dough between palms and make a smooth crackfree dough ball.

Now divide the dough in 2 equal parts and make smooth crack free balls.

Flatten the ball slightly and dust it with rajgira flour (amaranth flour). Roll it in a circle. You can dip the roti in rajgara flour/sprinkle rajgara flour while rolling.

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Before placing roti on tava, sprinkle little rajgara flour on it.

Heat tava on a medium flame. Place rolled farali roti on hot tava and immediately sprinkle few drops of water on roti.

Let it cook for about 30 seconds to 1 minute on medium flame or till you notice bubbles. Flip it over, roti will puff up. Let it cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute on medium flame.

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Then flip and press lightly for a few seconds. Again flip and press for a few seconds. Take out on a plate. Immediately apply ghee over it.

Repeat the process to make more rotis.

Serve these farali rotis with sweet potato sabji or aloo sabji and vrat ki kadhi.

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Tips & Tricks

• For the flour + water mixture, initially add equal amount of water as flour. Mix well with a spoon and check the consistency. The consistency of the mixture should be such that it should drop from spoon or spatula easily (pouring consistency). Mixture should not be too watery. Quantity of water will vary according to the texture of farali flour (coarse or fine).
• It is important to knead the dough when it is warm or hot. If the dough becomes cold, it will be difficult to knead it.
• 1/4 cup flour yields 2 rotis. So 1 cup will yield 8 rotis.

Storage

These farali rotis can be kept for about 2-3 hours at room temperature. You can keep it in a container and transfer to refrigerator to enjoy it next day or for same day dinner. Warm it up on a tava or in microwave before eating.

Leftover farali flour dough can be kept in refrigerator for upto 24 hours. Let it come to room temperature before making rotis.

Serving Suggestions

Serve these farali rotis with sweet potato sabji and vrat ki kadhi

For a complete meal or thali, you can have a look at our vrat special thali, which includes :

Raw Banana Sabzi (Kache kele ki sabzi)
Farali Kadhi
Rajgira Paratha
Singhara Atta Halwa

If you looking for a healthier option, substitute rajgira paratha with farali roti.

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