Subru Uncles Recipe To Prepare Dough For Indian Flatbread

INDIAN SWEET BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together flour, salt and water until a soft dough is formed. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly. Divide dough into golf ball size pieces and cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap.
• Select a ball of dough and roll out until very thin but not torn. Sprinkle lightly and evenly with sugar. Fold up dough into a small square and roll out again until thin.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle over medium heat. Place the rolled dough onto the pan and cook for 1/2 to 1 minute on each side until golden. Serve immediately. Repeat until all dough balls have been rolled and cooked.

SOURDOUGH FLATBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking sheet.
• Mix 2 cups of flour and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Add sourdough starter, egg, and vegetable oil. Mix well. Add remaining flour as needed. Dough should not be very sticky; if it comes out sticky, add more flour as needed, until it reaches a consistency that can be easily kneaded.
• Knead dough until smooth, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Roll dough out until it is fairly thin, roughly 1/4 inch. Place dough on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.

SUBRU UNCLE'S DELICIOUS SPICY S.INDIAN RASAM CURRY WE LOVE

Steps:

• With the help of a pestle, pound ginger, garlic and whole black peppercorns in a mortar as nicely as you can until the peppercorns are completely crushed and the ginger and garlic are completely softened.
• Keep aside.
• Extract tamarind pulp out of tamarind by soaking 4-5 one-inch sized pieces in 1 1/2 cups of hot water.
• Press these tamarind pieces to squeeze out the juice/pulp out of the tamarind.
• Transfer the tamarind pulp in a clean bowl.
• Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pot on medium-high flame.
• When its hot, add mustard seeds, methi seeds and cumin seeds.
• Allow to splutter and crackle.
• Once it stops spluttering and crackling, add curry leaves and green chillies.
• Stir-fry for a minute or two.
• Then add the whole red chillies and stir-fry for another minute.
• Add the above prepared ginger-garlic-black peppercorns mixture to the pot.
• Mix well.
• Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and corriander powder.
• Mix well and continue to stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
• Put the chopped tomatoes in a bowl and crush them as tightly as you can between the palms of your hands.
• Squeeze them as well as you can to extract the juice/pulp out of them.
• Now add the crushed tomatoes alongwith the juice squeezed out.
• Mix well, add 1/4 cup of water and cook on high flame so as to allow the tomatoes to soften quickly.
• Add salt and mix well.
• Then add the boiled toor dal water (or 3 cups of plain water if you are using that).
• Stir well and bring to a boil.
• Lower flame, then add about 7 cups more of water.
• You can add upto 3-4 cups more also, if required.
• Mix well and allow it to boil for 15 minutes.
• Then add tamarind pulp and stir well.
• Boil for 10-15 more minutes.
• Garnish with corriander leaves and serve hot as a soup on its own or as a lentil curry to serve over rice with/without plain low-fat yogurt on the side.

SUBRU UNCLE'S RECIPE TO PREPARE DOUGH FOR INDIAN FLATBREAD

Steps:

• Put everything in a flat round mixing bowl.
• Knead well.
• Make small round balls out of the dough.
• Flatten each on the palm of your hand.
• Using a rolling pin, roll out to form Indian flatbreads (also known as rotis or chappatis in Hindi).
• Heat a non-stick pan on medium flame.
• Put each chappati on it and cook on one side first until it starts to show small air bubbles.
• This means that the side facing down on the non-stick pan is getting cooked.
• Now, turn onto the other side and cook the same way until you see small air bubbles on this side as well.
• After one minute, using a small clean kitchen napkin, press the roti at portions that are not thoroughly cooked.
• Keep turning the chappati with the help of the napkin in round circles, pressing all the uncooked portions, if any, until the chappati is completely cooked.
• When you press, you will see air fill into the chappati and that means that it's really well cooked!
• Now remove from flame and serve at once with any dry vegetable or non-vegetarian dish.