Rainbow Akki Rotti
Akki Rotti, a very tasty breakfast from Karnataka. Its usually made by mixing onion and maybe some veggies such as shredded carrots and rice flour (other types of flour can be substituted as well) and then patting the mixture on a greased flat pan by hand and cooking on both sides. Served with chutney.. this may be one of my most favorite breakfasts!
Yesterday as it was raining, I felt like eating akki rotti!
Just to jazz it up a bit and make it a bit more nutritious, I used an assortment of vegetables, whatever I had on hand..
What you’ll need:
- Red Onion – 1 large
- Red Bell Pepper – 1
- Green Beans – a bunch
- Potato – 2 large
- Sweet Potato – 1 very large
- Chayote – 1
- Spinach – about a cup packed
- Green Chili – (optional)
- Paprika – 1 to 2 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Cilantro (optional – I didn’t add)
- Cumin Seeds – 3 to 4 tsp
- Shredded Coconut – 1/2 cup
- Rice Flour – about 2-3 cups
- Olive oil or other for cooking
Method:
1. In the food processor, chop all veggies. I had them cut up into large chunks (as below) before putting in the food processor.
2. To the chopped vegetables, mix in the following – Cumin Seeds, Coconut, Paprika & Salt. If adding cilantro and green chillies, chop finely and add.
3. Add Rice Flour and mix. The vegetables contain water, so add little water as needed to make the dough.
4. Grease a pan with a tsp of oil. Make small balls of the dough and pat on the pan. I made small ones for the kids.
5. Sprinkle another tsp of oil around the Rotti and cook covered until the bottom is crisp and turns reddish. Flip and cook another 2-3 mins. Enjoy!
Tastes great when topped with butter and served with chutney, and even plain yogurt.
Tip: As the pan will be hot for patting the next batch of Rotti, there are a few tricks –
- Pour some cold water on the bottom of the hot pan to cool it down. Pat the next Rotti as above.
- Grease a clean banana leaf and pat the Rotti on it. Transfer the Rotti carefully onto the pan.
- You could also use two pans and alternate. Speeds up, you can pat on one pan while the other is cooking.
