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Bajra Roti

Serve bajra roti warm with jaggery and butter. Or pair it with any Indian veggie. And warm yourself in winters.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian, Pakistani
Keyword bajra roti recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 small roti
Calories 336kcal

Equipment

  • 2 Plastic sheets see notes

Ingredients

  • 3 cup pearl millet flour (or bajra flour)
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon oil or ghee more for smearing on the top of roti.
  • 1 cup lukewarm water as needed.

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, add pearl millet flour, salt, and oil. Add lukewarm water little by little.
  • After adding ¾ cup, mix flour with hand. Add more water little by little and make a soft dough.
  • Lightly flour a work surface. Place the dough on the work surface and roll it into a log shape. Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces. Roll 8 balls out of dough. Shape the balls into a round flat disk.
  • Keep the tawa/ griddle to heat on the stove.
  • Dust a bajra dough ball with flour to prevent it from sticking. Place the dough ball between two plastic sheets. Next, with the help of a rolling pin, roll the dough ball between the sheets to make a roti.
  • Remove the plastic sheet and prepare to cook the bajra roti.
  • Cook roti on the tawa, just like roti. (Half cook the first side and flip. Fully cook the second side and flip to the first and fully cook the first side of roti.
  • Smear oil on the baja roti after removing from tava or after cooking roti you can fry the roti on tava to make it crispy.
  • Serve the bajra roti fresh with a dollop of butter.

Video

Notes

  • Pearl millet (bajra flour): Choose the good quality fresh bajra flour. These are readily available at Indian grocery stores.
  • Oil: I like to use oil, but you can also use ghee or any oil that has a high heating point.
  • Plastic sheet: I just cut a food-grade plastic bag to separate two plain sheets of plastic.
  • Use lukewarm water to knead the dough this will help the dough come together nicely.
  • Storage: You can store bajre ki roti in the fridge for 2 days. Or freeze immediately after cooling the fresh roti. You can store it in the freezer for up to 15 days. Remove from fridge 30 minutes before serving and fry on tava with a little oil to reheat and they taste great.

Nutrition

Serving: 1small roti | Calories: 336kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 300mg | Potassium: 272mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 7mg