Get cookin' with Indian cuisine
Roti
This is a simple flatbread recipe that is made almost daily in many Indian households.
Ingredients:
- 3 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cup hot water
- butter
Instructions:
- Put all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix by hand until soft.
- Knead the dough at least 5-10 times. Add flour if the mixture is too sticky.
- Divide the dough into 12-14 balls, then use a rolling pin to roll each ball to the size of an 8 inch plate.
- Put the stovetop burner on high heat and fry the roti in a pan. It will cook very quickly.
- Wait 5 seconds then turn it, then put butter on the fried side. After 10 seconds turn it over again and put butter on the other side.
- Repeat until roti is golden brown on both sides.
Serve warm alone or paired with steamed vegetables, plain yogurt dip, or lightly spreaded with jam.
Mango Lassi
Sonlighter "Sandwich in WI" shared this kid-friendly recipe on the Rice Bag Project forum:
A really fun and easy recipe to make is Mango Lassi. I don't measure, so the challenge will be for you to make it to your taste.
Ingredients:
- Plain yogurt
- Mango nectar or mango puree (I buy mango puree at my Indian grocer's and believe it or not, I found mango nectar in a 1 liter bottle on the top shelf of my tiny, small-town (think 6000 people) Wisconsin city. If you can't find either, you could use fresh, cubed mango and puree it or frozen or jarred mango chunks.
- Sugar
Instructions:
- Mix about 1 cup of plain yogurt with about 1/3 - 1/2 cup of mango in a blender
- Add sugar to taste (maybe a tsp. or two)
- You can also add crushed ice or serve over ice
This is basically a smoothie (albeit a juicy, runny one). Lassi is served as a refreshing drink in hot weather in India.
