TANDOORI ROTI ON TAWA

It's an Indian flat bread recipe prepared with wheat flour in a traditional clay oven. Tandoori roti's are usually consumed with Indian curries. It is also a staple food of north India especially north west and punjab. Originally, tandoori rotis are roasted in clay oven known as tandoor. At homes not all of us have tandoors, yet without a tandoor we can make a really good tandoori rotis on stove top.  It is a simple and addictive dish. The method of making the dough is same as the way we make our regular chapatti dough. What works here is the method or technique of preparing and roasting the rotis. You can prepare tandoori rotis in pressure cooker but I personally prefer the tawa option instead of pressure cooker. Once in a while, when we go out to dine in restaurants, we always order tandoori rotis or butter naans. Tandoori roti speaks of dhaba food and is a healthy Inadian bread made of whole wheat flour. Today, we are making tandoori roti at home, yessss...!! When you have craving for punjabi dhaba food; you can make it right in your kitchen..how would you like that ; homemade tandoori roti!! It's easy, simple and quick too. I hope you will love it and try it!!!

INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 tablespoon Oil
1 teaspoon Salt (as required)
3/4-1 cup Water, for kneading (as required)
Some Oil, Ghee or Butter for spreading (optional)

METHOD:
STEP 1 - Sieve the atta along with 1 teaspoon salt in a bowl or a large plate. Add 1 tablespoon oil in it.

STEP 2 - Then add water and mix everything together and begin kneading. Knead a smooth, soft and supple dough.

STEP 3 -  Make small medium sized balls.

Now on a rolling platform sprinkle some flour and roll the dough into a small to medium sized chappatis.

STEP 4 - Spread water evenly on the roti with a pastry brush.

STEP 5 - Heat a tawa on medium heat.

Place the roti, watered side down on a hot tawa. Use a cast iron tawa. Don't use non-stick as the roti will fall off in the next step. As soon as the roti, gets heated up you will see huge and sometimes even large bubbles on the roti.

STEP 6 - Allow to cook for a minute on a low to medium flame.
STEP 7 - Now carefully hold the tawa upside-down on the flame. The flame has to be on low to medium or else the roti might get burnt.
STEP 8 - Rotate the tawa for even roasting or you can directly roast the rotis on gas stove.

STEP 9 - This is our tandoori roti done and roasted very well.
STEP 10 - This is watered side of the roti, which has been cooked. The tawa will have a few bits of cooked roti, which you can scrape off.
STEP 11 - Spread some butter or ghee on the tandoori roti and serve it.

 Serve tandoori roti hot with any dal, vegetable or paneer curry.Here I served the north Indian tandoori roti with the south Indian Kerala Style chicken curry.