missi roti

Missi roti recipe with step by step photos – Punjabi missi roti or flatbreads made with whole wheat flour, gram flour (chickpea flour) and spices. A vegan recipe.

Missi roti is a North Indian speciality and is often made in various homes in the North Indian belt. I am sharing this family recipe which I have been making for some years now.

To makes these besan ki roti, the proportion of whole wheat flour to besan added varies from family to family. We always use a 2:1 proportion of both whole wheat flour and gram flour respectively.

We always add onions. With onions, the rotis taste good. If you do not want to add onions, then you can add fenugreek leaves, spinach or grated veggies like carrots or beetroot. The addition of veggies will make these rotis more healthy and a good way to include the veggies in the diet of kids who don’t like them.

Missi roti can be served with a dal, aloo sabzi, matar sabzi or even a mango pickle or curd or butter.

I usually make the rotis for breakfast and serve with mango pickle. These rotis have to be served hot as on cooling they become slightly dense.

How to make missi roti

1. Take 2 cups whole wheat flour (240 grams), 1 cup besan/gram flour (100 grams), 1 tsp carom seeds/ajwain, a pinch of asafoetida (hing) and 1 tsp salt in a mixing bowl or a pan.

2. Add ⅓ cup finely chopped onion, 1 to 2 green chilies (finely chopped) and 3 tsp oil. If the onions and green chillies are not finely chopped then they can come out while rolling the paratha.

3. Mix very well.

4. Then add ½ cup water.

5. Begin to mix and knead the dough.

6. Add more water as required and knead to a smooth soft dough. Overall I added ¾ cup water. The amount of water required depends on the quality of flour. So you can add ⅔ to ¾ cup water or more if required. if dough becomes sticky, then then add some more flour. if the dough looks dry, then add a bit of water.

7. Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes and then make medium sized balls from the dough.

Making missi roti

8. Take the dough ball on the rolling board. Dust some whole wheat flour on both sides of the ball.

9. Roll to a circle of about 5 to 6 inches. Sprinkle some more flour if required while rolling. Roll to medium thick rotis.

10. Place the roti on a hot tawa.  The tawa should be hot and not at a low temperature. Also keep the flame to medium-high to high. Do not keep the flame to low.

11. When the base is partially cooked, flip the roti using a spatula or tongs.

12. Spread ½ to 1 tsp or oil on the partly cooked part. We always use oil while roasting missi roti. But you can use ghee also. The amount of oil to be applied depends upon your preference.

13. When the second side is cooked and brown spots can be seen, then flip again. Spread some ½ to 1 tsp oil on this side too.

14. Flip again.

15. Press the edges with a spatula so that the sides are also cooked well.

16. Flip once or twice more, so that the roti is evenly cooked and has some dark brown spots as seen in the below photo.

17. Serve the missi roti immediately or place them in a roti basket or a casserole and serve warm. Make rotis this way and stack them up in a roti basket or casserole.

While roasting second roti on tawa, make sure that the tawa does not have any burnt or browned wheat particles. If any then clean the tawa with a kitchen paper towel.

18. Serve missi roti hot or warm with a sabzi, dal or with a pickle or curd or butter. It taste so good that you can just have it plain also without any accompaniment. For best taste have them hot or warm.

Sometimes we have them as an evening snack with a cup of hot tea.

More tasty roti varieties

• Jowar roti – Healthy Sorghum Flour Gluten-Free flatbread.
• Bajra roti – Warming Millet Flour Gluten Free flatbread.
• Ragi roti – Calcium Rich Finger millet flour flatbread.
• Rumali roti – Thin soft flatbreads made mainly with whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour.
• Akki roti – Flatbreads made with rice flour and mix veggies.

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