COOKING DAL ROTI

Dal ki roti is roti or chapati made by adding cooked dal or lentils to the atta (wheat flour) while kneading. My mom often experiments with various ingredients while kneading chapati dough including boiled and mashed potatoes, butter, ghee and pureed spinach, even cooked rice. However, this interesting idea was shared by a good friend recently. She has two kids and says it’s tough to get them to eat dal as such so she just makes roti dough with cooked dal and other vegetables like spinach and tomato so that they don’t realise they are eating all of these healthy things. Mothers and their creativity! Thank you Sri for this idea .

Back to our recipe in hand, dal ki roti. This chapati recipe is customisable in dozens of different ways. The basic method is to cook toor dal or moong dal into a mush with turmeric and use that to moisten and knead roti dough. Beyond this, you can use your imagination. Here are a few suggestions:

– add spinach, tomatoes, peas, carrots, or any vegetable that can cook to a smooth mush. This is important for smooth rolling of the roti
– add spices like jeera, chilli, etc
– add fresh or dry herbs like kasuri methi, coriander, pudina, methi, etc