Orotti is a traditional Kerala main course dish made using rice powder. Cumin seeds and coconut are added to rice flour to give this dish extra flavour. It can be served as such, or a side dish can be added. This dish is also pronounced ‘Oratti’ in certain regions.
Orotti – Recipe 1
Ingredients for Orotti:
1. Rice flour – 2 cups
Coconut grated – ½ cup
Crushed cumin seeds – ½ small spoon
Salt – As required
2. Water – As required
How to prepare Orotti?
1. Mix ingredients no: 1, adding sufficient water to prepare the dough.
2. The dough should not be too loose or too tight. It should be able to spread using the palm.
3. Make balls equivalent to big poori-sized.
4. Spread them into thick dosa shapes using the palm.
5. Apply a little oil or ghee on your palms before you spread orotti.
6. Spread a little oil in the pan and cook the orotti.
7. Flip both sides and cook well.
8. Serve hot with omelette or honey, or any side dish as you wish.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine November 15-30, 2016
Now I provide a recipe of the Orotti dish with a twist, and this recipe was published on Vanitha a few months before the one given above.
Orotti – Recipe 2
Ingredients for Orotti (Recipe 2):
1. Boiled rice (Puzhukkalari) – ¼ kg
2. Coconut grated – 1.5 cups
Coconut milk – ¼ cup
Salt – As required
3. Cumin seeds – ½ small spoon, powdered
Pepper powder – ½ small spoon
4. Coconut oil – For frying
How to prepare Orotti (Recipe 2)?
1. Wash rice and soak it well.
2. Grind it well, adding ingredients no: 2 without adding water.
3. Add cumin powder and pepper powder and mix well to prepare the batter.
4. Make small balls from them.
5. Take a banana leaf and apply a little oil on its surface.
6. Place each ball on the leaf and spread it to round shapes similar to pathiri or chappatti.
7. Repeat the process for remaining balls.
8. Fry in hot oil.
Vanitha Magazine September 1-14, 2016
Orotti – Recipe 3
Ingredients for Orotti (Recipe 3):
1. Rice flour – 2 cups
Coconut grated – 1 cup
Cumin seeds – ¼ small spoon
Salt – For taste
2. Boiling water – As required
3. Ghee – A little
How to prepare Orotti (Recipe 3)?
1. Add boiling water to ingredients no: 1 and mix well to prepare the dough.
2. Make orange-sized balls from this dough and flatten them into pancakes.
3. Grease the pan using a little ghee and place a pancake.
4. Flip both sides and cook them well.
5. Continue the process for the remaining pancakes, too.
6. Serve hot with any jam of your choice or chicken curry.
Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, May 1 – 14, 2018
Read a few more Pathiri recipes. Here is the page link. Click on the images in the gallery to read.
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