Rottis are one of the tiffin items commonly made in every household, its either made with rice flour or ragi flour. In north karnataka region it usually made with jowar flour and which is called jolada rott/jowar roti.
Ennegayi- enne (oil), kayi/gayi- coconut, made with eggplant/brinjal(badanekayi) goes very well with any kind of rottis. This is my favorite side dish and this is my mother’s recipe. My entry for RCI-Karnataka hosted by Asha of Foodie,s hope.
For Ragi Rotti
- Ragi flour- 3cups, boiling water-2 cups or more, cumin seeds-1tsb,red onion chopped- 1 meduim size,curry leaves – few.
- Bring water to boil, to the flour mix onion,cumin and curry leaves add salt and boiling water.
- Mix well, cover for 10 mins steam from the hot water soften the flour. Then with little oil mix the dough. It should be soft and not too hard.
- Smear oil on flat griddle or round bottomed wok (bandle), spread in circular motion with the help of some oil or water.
- Cover and cook on medium high heat for 2-3 mins, once the edges start leaving the vessel take out and serve.
- Enjoy it when its warm.
* leaving for too long on griddle makes it hard. so cook on med-high heat for few mins. For detail on making rotti check the link here for akki-rotti.
Ennegayi
As the name itself it needs lots of coconut and oil, but I have used just few tbsp of each.
- Veggies I used - eggplant, tomato and oinon.
- For grinding into paste: Small peice of onion, coconut-2 tssb,roasted-channa dal(hurigadale)-2tbsp,poppy seeds(gasagase)-2tbsp, ginger- 1inch peice, green chilli- 1, cinnamon-clove- 2each.
- Heat oil in thick vessel add mustard and cumin seeds then add veggies and fry till onions are soft. In the mean while grind the above ingredients to smooth paste using water.
- Then add the ground paste to the veggies, add salt and pinch of turmeric mix well , add enough water. Cover and cook for 10 mins.
- It will be ready by now. Enjoy with rottis.
Will be back on Monday with Masala Dose recipe-Mysore style. Have a nice weekend everyone.
August 31, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Madhu, this is an awesome entry! The ragi rotti looks so soft. It definitely has been a while since I used my bandle but I am guessing it won’t work that well on a coil burner!
Hi Roopa, You can make in coil burner too… make sure you keep turning the bandle to give even heat. Hope it come well when you try it. thanks…
August 31, 2007 at 2:03 pm
Your Ragi rotti looks so inviting…i make jolada rotti but never tried one with ragi. Ragi Rotti and Ennegayi looks like a great combo together. Have a great weekend!
August 31, 2007 at 2:05 pm
oh! one more thing…can we also add chilli powder to the ragi rotti flour and eat it just by itself?
Tee green chillis along with onions tastes very good you can try that and also red chilli powder and just eat it by it self. I have never made jolada rotti have to try ti once
August 31, 2007 at 2:33 pm
wowo.. never eaten ragi roti… it is so pretty, love the color.
Thanks Rajitha, do try it sometimes its very healthy too.
August 31, 2007 at 10:08 pm
This Liks soooo beautiful, Love the shape and the color of your roti. And the curry, wow. You really know how to play with colors
Oh thanks for your nice words Zlamushka.
September 1, 2007 at 5:06 am
Oh my MAdhu! Love your bandli styled rottis! I dont have an authentic bandli to try this shape out, even though I grew up with it
Rotti and yenegai looks yumm!
I always like bandli rottis,its more crispier then tava rottis I think. Thanks latha.
September 1, 2007 at 5:46 am
Madhu, looks awesome. I am always looking for brinjal recipes. I had a question, for the yenegai do you grind raw onion or sauteed onion?
Hi RC, all the ingredints you see for grinding should be used as such no need to sautee or fry
September 1, 2007 at 7:49 am
Lovely recipes your vegetables look very delicious.
Thanks Jeena.
September 1, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Raagi rotti looks delicious.
Somehow I was thinking that ennegaayi is stuffed brinjals.
Waiting for Mysore masala dose recipe.
I also saw that you have posted rave idli recipe already.
I think there are going to be lot of Karnataka dishest his month, on your blog
Thanks Suma, Its most of the time made like stuffed brinjal, this week its tiffin items for RCI. Will be posting dose recipe soon.
September 2, 2007 at 8:51 pm
wow great entry madhu, no chance for me with ragi rottis your engai masala looks auite different too
Thanks Roopa, its not that hard try it, ennegayi recipe is different then the authentic one its my mother’s recipe.
September 2, 2007 at 11:24 pm
I just brought back a bag of ragi flour. I will try this soon.
Thats nice, try it Raaga.
September 3, 2007 at 4:55 am
What a great recipe Madhu, I love ragi balls I frequently make them…but never tried to make raagi rottis as iwas a flop show for me, that rotti cracked….you have a beautiful demonstration here…can you post JOnna rotti too! (jowar flour rotis) I used to have that at my neighbour aunty’s place, they are kannadigas and make perfect shape n textured rotis
Thanks Padma, add hot water for making dough and oil while patting the rotti flour there will not be any crack. And about jolada rotti its famous in north karnataka region I haven’t try it yet. It very new to me too..
September 3, 2007 at 9:58 pm
I always love this combo. So I can only say ‘fantastic’. Earthy flavor of raagi rotti and that hot n spicy ennagai are perfect combination.
Me too love this combination and thanks for nice words Lakshmi.
September 4, 2007 at 1:34 am
great blog!!!
very well written and such lovely pictures.
Welcome ! Shama and thanks for nice words.
September 4, 2007 at 4:43 am
Madhu,thank you so much.Both are mouthwatering.quickly checking all the RCI entries today,can’t focus for too long,Cornea is still healing but will be alright soon. Have a appointment on 10th for a clean bill:)
Thanks again.
Glad to see you back Asha..
September 4, 2007 at 10:10 am
Oooh, I LOVE raagi rottis! Especially love the bandlay ones rather than the tawa ones. Yennegai looks yum!
I must try rava idlies your way. The couple times I tried they came out really dense.
Looking forward to more Karantaka entries from you!
I think Bandle rotti tastes and have nice texture to it then tava rotti. Do try the idlies and let me know, will be posting masale dose recipe soon.Thanls Vani.
September 6, 2007 at 12:33 pm
loved reading your blog:) u have a nice collection of recipes here:)