sauthe kayi thalipittu/kheere ki missi roti

sauthe kayi thalipittu / thalipeeth /missi roti

My school friend Murghendra on whatsapp posted a picture of what all vegetables he had on hand.Asked for suggestions as to what he can cook for breakfast.The picture is given below.

I suggested him to make sauthe kayi thalipittu which is a north karnataka food.

He replied he had tried a hand at making thalipittu and was not sure he could take out thalipittu in one piece..as it sticks to the tava.

I thought ... next time I make the same should post it in my blog and share the recipe with him.

This is very easy recipe..requires few ingradients,very less time.. and the most important a very healthy meal which keeps you full for a longer time.

So here is the sauthe kayi thalipittu recipe for you Murghendra.

ingredients:

1. 1 and 1/2 cups of jowar flour(jolada hittu)
2. 1 tbsp rice flour*
3. 1 tbsp gram flour(besan)*
4. 1 and 1/2 cups of grated cucumber(sauthe kayi)
5. 1 tsp red chili powder(byadagi)
6. 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
7. 1/3 tsp turmeric powder
8. asafoetida(hing) a pinch
9. salt as per taste
10. oil to grease the griddle(tava)
11. green chilies.. finely chopped ,as required
12. water

Method:

1. mix all the ingredients well without adding water
2. 
3. let it rest for 2 mins... cucumber oozes water...
4. 
5. make a dough of the mixture using very little water as cucumber has a lot of water content in it.
6. 
7. divide the dough into 3 parts... grease the tava and pat on it as thin or thick as you like.make holes on the patted roti.
8. cook covered for 3-4 minutes on one side.. flip and cook for a minute more
9. 
10. remove from the tava .. serve hot with ghee n pickle of your choice.

Enjoy for a breakfast  or a quick luch or a lazy dinner.

Note:* ingredients are optional

Thalipittu/thalipeeth

Thalipittu/thalipeeth

My elder daughter Prachi is not a rice person. She prefers any roti item in lunch box, be it chapati phulka, parathas,puri or thalipittu. In Kannada it is thalipittu where as in Marathi it is called thalipeeth.
Today I made this simple onion thalipittu for her lunch box as the only veggie I needed to cut was a medium sized onion.making this roti is not at all time consuming and very healthy on the stomach.

The ingredients required are:

1. cooking oil to grease the pan
2. jowar flour 1 +1/4 cups
3. besan 1 tbsp
4. 1 mediun sized red oinon finely chopped
5. coriander.. 1 tbsp finely chopped
6. carom seeds 1/2 tsp (om kalu or ajwain)
7. asafoetida a pinch
8. turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
9. red chili powder 1/2 tsp(you can also add chopped green chillies for zing)
10. salt as per your taste

Method:

mix all the ingredients well.

knead the dough adding little water at a time to make soft dough.Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.

divide the dough into 2 portions to make 2 large thalipittu.

take 1 portion n pat on a greased tava.

spread gently outwards with finger tips to form a round roti. make a few holes on the patted roti which helps to cook evenly.

cook covered till you see light golden colour around the holes and flip on the other side.

cook the other side for a minute.Remove from the tava and serve with curds and pickle.

Hot thalipittu tastes equally delicious along with butter or some ghee.

notes:

for softer thalipittu spread a thick roti on the tava and cook covered.

for a crispier thalipittu spread it thinly on the tava and cook uncovered over medium flame .

this thalipittu is usually prepared at my home for dinner.This is one of the trade mark recipes of uttara karnataka.

you can also try the same recipe adding some freshly grated coconut,seseme seeds,groundnut powder.

akki rotti,ragi rotti,sauthe kai thalipittu,tausoli are other varieties of thalipittu which I am going to publish in the coming days.