Friday, April 27, 2007

NACHNI ROTI......

KNEADED NACHNI FLOUR


PUFFED UP ROTI



NACHNI or Ragi is a very nutritious .This is usually given in a form of porridge to very young kids.
This is a simple roti which is seen consumed by people in Maharashtra.
Villagers usually have it for their dinner, which consists of this roti and a spicy vegetable. Its filling, has lots of fiber and very good for health, for the whole family and most important for a common man it’s very reasonable too. You can say that it’s a poor mans meal.

INGREDIENTS

3 cups nachni flour
1 cup wheat flour
Salt a little
Water for kneading (use of warm water is preferred)

METHOD:

Knead together the above ingredients and keep covered for about ½ hour.
Roll out the roti and let it puff on the gas stove as shown in the picture.
Eat it with spicy vegetable.

This is my entry for nupurs " A TO Z of vegetables "



21 comments:

Sharmi said...

Waw thats a lovely entry. I liked the idea of ragi roti. sure is healthy. thanks for the tip.

Anonymous said...

With Mathy and Indira's blog feed it is very easy to trace new updates. I am glad I came here. This phulka looks nutritious. Never prepared ragi roti.

Manjula said...

This is wonderful. Me too always look for ways to include ragi into regular diet. This is simply great!
Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Arts said...

Looks so tempting :) I am jealous of ur cooking gas.. My rotis dont puff on this electric hot plate :(
We make Bhakris from Nachni flour!

FH said...

Hi Mahek, I make ragi rottis but this is a wonderful new idea to mix with atta.Very nice,thanks for that.They look fabulous.I will make these:)

Suma Gandlur said...

I too make rottis with ragi flour alone. Seems adding atta makes them to puff. What a great idea.

Anonymous said...

Hi,
I just love Nachni in any form.Got to know a new recipe of nachni from you.Thanks a lot and i am surely gonna try them.

urban vegan said...

That looks yummy. Unfortunately, I don't have a gas stove :(

HAREKRISHNAJI said...

where you get nachni flour ?

Anonymous said...

Hi,

Came across your blog while googling for the cucumber dosa.

The "Goanche" touched off a lot of nostalgia. We lived in Panaji for 10 years till 3 years back. My daughter used to tell everyone, "Appa is from Cochin, Amma is from Calicut and I am from Goa'!

I have to tell you that living in Goa spoils every other place for you. Thanks for the pictures. Felt good being to recognise most of the places. Will keep coming back to your blog.

Mahek said...

harekrishnaji
you can get nachni flour almost everywhere nowdays.you can check out sahakari bhandar branch or even at any supermarket store.

Mahek said...

hi
Thanks for visiting my blog
Asha,suma,rashmi and urbanvegan
pls try this roti and let me know.

HAREKRISHNAJI said...

by the way, again I mentioned your post to my friend's wife, and we have been invited on Tusesday for dinner, menu is ofcource none other than Nachanici roti.

HAREKRISHNAJI said...

ready with the post

Sharmi said...

hey mahek, how are you? long time no news? break or what?

WAR10CK said...

hi the roti u told seems to be like a normal roti but can u please tell me [dont mind] wht is nachi and how it looks like, actually i am on a diet control so asked about it

Mahek said...

hi
NACHNI is also called as Ragi check out this link here for details
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_millet
It becomes slightly darker in colour than our regular rotis...
Thanks for visiting...

noureen said...

whats the english name for nanchni??? i live in the states and would like to buy it here.

Mahek said...

hi
Thanks friends for your sweet comments....
The english name for Nachni is RAGI
its a very rich source of calcium

Unknown said...

What is the nutritional value of Nachni roti? Is it advisabe to have nachni roti when on diet...........

jaya said...

Hey, nice site you have here! Keep up the excellent work!



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