Jowar Roti

Good Morning. It is going to be a cold and cloudy Sunday here in Melbourne today. Cooking has been my hobby; I don't even remember since when. I have lovely memories of my childhood when during summer vacation myself and my siblings tried to recreate mumma's signature "besan ka halwa". Since I was quite young at that time, so I never asked Maa for the recipe just used my own science and whatever I noticed her doing. Never saw that Maa uses ghee to roast besan; we little chefs dry roasted besan, and the end product had lots of lumps of besan. And then when the three musketeers would sit to eat, and I will ask my Didi and brother if they like the halwa the answer would be a big YES and for those lumps, all three of us will keep on telling each other, "sometimes these are there when Mumma makes besan ka halwa" although we knew it was never the case. And then the other would say, "I have seen Maa using a ladle break them apart" just to keep each other happy with our little experiments. Those moments we shared I cherish them a lot, and they are engraved in my heart.

Stories will never end especially for a person like me. I love telling stories of my childhood, and then I forget if I have mentioned the story earlier and my listeners sometimes end up listening multiple times. I have full sympathy and empathy for my husband and son :-).

My parents are diabetic, and my sister lost lots of weight and regained her health by introducing health grains in her diet. One of those is "Jowar" also known as sorghum in English, Jowar is globally being touted as the “new quinoa” for its gluten-free, whole grain goodness. Its high nutrient composition makes jowar a desirable grain when it comes to good health. Some of the benefits are. For quite some time, I was struggling to make Jowar roti but finally, after lots of googling and trials found a recipe and technique that never goes wrong. Give it a go believe me jowar rotis turn out softer than the traditional wheat rotis.

Ingredients: -

Jowar Flour - 1 cup

Boiling Water - 1 cup + 1/3 cup

Steps Involved:-

1. Take 1 cup + 1/3 cup in a pan and bring it to boil. Once the water comes to a boil, turn the flame to low.

2. Add jowar flour and keep on stirring with the spoon.

3. Turn off the flame and using the spoon mix the water and flour well enough.

4. Cover the pan and let it stand for at least 15 minutes. This is the most critical step as this allows the jowar flour to puff up by absorbing water and helps in adding structure.

5. Now knead the dough with your hands to make a soft and pliable ball.

6. Divide the dough into lemon size balls. Dust the balls with dry jowar flour and roll them using a rolling pin into thin discs.

7. Put the roti on hot Tava or a griddle and using soft hands damp the top of the roti with water. You may use a brush or a damp cloth to do this. This helps the roti from drying out and makes them soft.

8. Flip the roti and cook the other side too.

9. Puff up the rotis using a dry cloth.

10. Take the roti off the flame. Make all the rotis and then sit together with your family and relish soft Jowar rotis with curries of your choice.

Hope you like the post. Will come up with something new and mouth-watering next Sunday.

Till then, stay blessed.