Gluten Free Tandoori Roti

Gluten Free Tandoori Roti

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup rice flour
• 1/4 cup buckwheat flour
• 1/2 cup tapioca flour*
• 2tbsp Xanthium gum
• 1 tbsp fresh yeast
• 2tbsp milk
• little sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1tbsp curd
• ghee/butter for greasing

*(Soak the tapioca pearl balls/saboo dana which are easily available in any grocery store and makes the powder it's amazing how it holds the flour make it easy to bake make flatbread stuff flat bread and it makes it soft)

Method
1.Take the yeast in a mixing bowl add warm milk and sugar, 1 tsp rice flour and leave it aside for half hour.

2.Mix all the flours in a mixing bowl.

3.Now add the flours, gum, and salt to the yeast which has puffed up and make a nice dough by kneading adding water as required.The dough should not be too dry.Leave aside covering it properly.

4.After 2 hours the dough should have puffed up nicely gently divide the dough roughly into balls to make the flatbreads.

5.Take some dry flour roll the balls in it do not try to make it smooth and with the palms place it on a wooden floured surface.Press to make a flat bread.

6.Meanwhile, warm a tava/griddle where you are going to cook but not a non-sticky one.

7.Brush some water on the surface of the bread you just shaped and lift it up and flip the wet surface on the warm pan.

8.When bubbles appear on the surface hold the griddle and turn it over directly over the flame but make sure it's in a medium mode so you don't overdo the bread.Peep a little to make sure you get a brownish surface then straighten the pan let it rest on for a half minute and then remove.

9.Grease it with ghee serve it hot with some curry.

Gluten Free Sattu paratha/Roasted Gram Flour Flat Bread

Gluten free Sattu Paratha /

Roasted Gram Flour Flat Bread

For stuffing:

·         1 cups - roasted Chana dal powder (sattu) india  US

·         5 - Cloves garlic, chopped fine or grated

·         3 - green chilies, chopped

·         2 tsp - coriander leaves, chopped

·         2 tsp - Lime juice

·         1/2 tsp – ajwain

·         ¼ tsp- Kala jeera/black cumin

·         salt to taste

·         4 tsp - Mustard oilhttp://amzn.to/2r0q2s9

For dough:

·         1 cups -Rice flour

·         1 cup- Tapioca flour *

·         ¼ cup- buckwheat flour

·         4 tsp- oil

·         1/4 tsp – salt                                                                                                                             *(Soak the tapiaco pearl balls/saboo dana which are easily available in any grocery store and make the powder it's amazing how it holds the flour make it easy to bake make flat bread stuff flat bread and it makes it soft)

*

1.    For stuffing:

2.    Mix all the stuffing ingredients with sattu/,

For  dough:

3.    Add 1 tbsp of rice flour to some boiling water  and stir it until to a sticky consistency

4.    Let it cool down a little add the rest flour and salt

5.    Knead the flours, adding the required amount of water to make a soft dough.

For making  paratha:

6.    Divide the dough into small portions.

7.Take a portion of the dough curve out a bowl shape with the help of the thumb

8.    Place a portion of the mixture (approx 2 tsp) in the middle, enfold the filling

9.    Then with the pressure of the fingers and palm shape it to a flatbread don't try to make it too thin otherwise the contents will burst out.

10.    Cook on a flat pan, applying oil/ghee till both sides are cooked and golden brown in color.

11.  Serve with pickles.

Baked Veg chops/Cutlets

                               Baked Veg chops/Cutlets

INGREDIENTS(MAKES 15-20 MEDIUM CUTLETS):

• ½ tsp of cumin seeds,
• ½ tsp of fennel seeds,
• 6 cloves,
• 3 green cardamoms,
• Small ½ inch cinnamon stick,
• 5 peppercorns,
• 2-3 green chili,
• 1-2 dry bay leaf
• 2 medium sized beetroot, cut into small pieces,
• 2 medium sized carrots, cut into small pieces,
• 2 small potatoes, boiled and mashed,
• 1 tsp of grated ginger,
• 2 green chilies, finely chopped,
• 2 tsp of peanuts,
• Salt to taste,
• Sugar to taste,
• Green coriander, finely chopped
• 4 tbsp oil

FOR THE COATING:

• 2 tsp of rice flour
• 5-6 tbsp of gram flour
• 3 eggs

PREPARATION:

1. First, grind the roasted whole spices and keep it aside.
2. In a skillet, take 1 tsp of oil and lightly fry the peanuts. Keep them aside and in the same oil, fry ginger and green chilies till you get a light aroma.
3. Into this add the grated beetroot and carrot and saute well. Cook until they are soft and can be smashed. Now add the mashed potatoes, salt, sugar, ground roasted spice powder and chopped coriander leaves. Mix well.
4. Cool the mixture and make 15-20 medium cutlet balls.Take medium sized balls and pressing it softly on the palm give it an oval shape as shown in the picture.
5. In a separate bowl beat the eggs, in another take 2 tsp of the rice flour and in a third container keep the gram flour. Roll each ball into the egg batter and then roll them in gram flour and then rice flour.
6. Now warm the oven and place them in a greased baking pan and bake them at 200.Try to turn them over after 10 mins to give nice even coloring.Now, bake it for 10-15 minutes till it turns a little brown.To get nice crispiness like the fried ones grease them with oil ones you turn them.
7. Serve them piping hot with onion rings, ketchup.

Why Buckwheat is the best gluten free flour?

Why Buckwheat is the best gluten free flour?

This article is here to review Buckwheat, my personal favourite gluten - free flour. It is the best gluten - free flour out there.I feel this is 100% gluten free as nothing has happened to my family when we have This superfood is much healthier and tastier than wheat. So it’s no wonder I use it in all of my recipes and I prefer buckwheat over other flours.

Buckwheat is so good that nearly any recipe with wheat can be replaced with Buck (wheat). And don’t worry just because wheat is in Buckwheat it doesn’t mean it contains gluten :-)

Now for some geek talk

Recent studies have proven that Buckwheat cures and prevents Cancer because Buckwheat plenty of B17 and cancer is caused by its deficiency. Buckwheat is a very good source of manganese, copper, magnesium, dietary fibers and phosphorous. The protein in Buckwheat is high quality and contains all eight essential amino acids including lysine. It is very low in saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. It prevents gallstones from forming. Buckwheat is good for your cardiovascular system, blood sugar control and highly beneficial to diabetics.

So much that buckwheat has been touted as “The world’s healthiest food”. So what are you waiting for buy it here. Just another tip the whole grain is healthier and can be easily ground as it is soft enough to crumble in hands if you want whole grain instead of flour buy it here (USA) or here (India).