Tandoori Rori Recipe | How to make tandoori roti on tawa | Dhaa style Tandoori roti
Tandoori Roti is a popular Indian dhaba style flatbread that can be made at home on tawa or skillet. Ghee smeared hot tandoori roti along with a side is just sheer bliss.
Servings: 10 rotis
Equipment
- Large bowl
- rolling pin
- Cast Iron Skillet/ Cast Iron Tawa
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- 1/2 cup All purpose flour / Maida (basically for the colour, you can skip if you wish to and replace it with whole wheat flour)
- 3 tbsp Yogurt
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tbsp Oil
- Water to make a soft but firm dough
- 3-4 tbsp Ghee /butter to brush on top of the rotis
Instructions
Making the dough
- In a large mixing bowl add wheat flour, all purpose flour, all purpose flour, yogurt, salt and 1 tablespoon of oil.
- Mix it well with your finger tips.
- Make a well in the centre and gradually start adding little water at a time and keep kneading the dough. Make smooth and firm dough.
- Cover it with the damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
Make Tandoori Roti on Tawa/ Stovetop
- After the resting time knead the dough again to make a smooth dough.
- Next divide the dough into 10-12 equal portions and make balls. Then flatten each ball between your palm and make disc.
- Roll them with rolling pin into a medium-size disc or roti shape.
- Mean while heat the cast iron tawa/skillet on a medium-high heat. It should be nice and hot.
- Pat a little water on one side of the roti and place the water patted side on the pan. Lower the heat now.
- Let the roti cook for a minute on medium low heat.
- When you see bubbles on top surface, turn the tawa upside down on flames. Roti will be facing the flame directly.The roti will start puffing up completely.
- Once the roti facing the flame is cooked, take off the pan from the flame.
- Remove the cooked tandoori roti with a help of a tong and smear it with some ghee or butter.Follow the above steps to cook all the roti.
- Serve hot with curry of choice.
