Ari Rotti
Straightforward Kerala cooking — good ingredients treated well, spiced with confidence, and served without pretence. The kind of food that tastes like someone's kitchen, not a restaurant.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 4 cup Rice flour
- 1 cup Coconut — grated
- 1 small Onion sliced into small piece
- 3 nos Green chilly — finely chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds (Jeerakam)
- 1 tsp Curry leaves — chopped
- Salt, to taste
Preparation
Step 1
For preparing ari rotti, first boil water with salt and pour into rice flour. Knead as we do for chappathi.
Step 2
Drop in grated coconut, onion, green chilly, cumin seeds, curry leaves and salt. Knead it well.
Step 3
Make small balls and you can press it in roti maker.
Step 4
Fry it in a non stick pan as we do for chappathi.
Step 5
Ari rotti is ready.
Tip
When the recipe says "medium heat," it means medium. Kerala cooking is not about high-flame drama — most of the work happens at a patient, steady temperature.
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