Sweet chapati err ..Indian flat bread with jaggery

Sweet chapati err ..Indian flat bread with jaggery

by Hb ~ Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Why is it that when we don't have access to something, we long for it even more? Why is it that the place we just left ,keeps calling us back. Does it happen to everyone or just me? While I can't even see anything close to bajji or laddu, I feel like eating some authentic bobbattu(Andhra flat bread with sweet filling inside)After some thorough elimination because of non-availability of ingredients, I zeroed in on this snack. I can't afford to call this one Ada because I missed out on coconut which looks like a vital ingredient. Nevertheless, it tasted heavenly and I loved it!

Without any doubt this will be my first and most likely only dish which requires so few things to put the whole thing up. Ideal as a evening snack for hungry kids and poor souls who adore anything home-made after a taxing day at work.

Serves - 2(around 4)
Preparation time 10 minutes

Ingredients:
whole wheat flour - 1 cup
Jaggery (grated) - 3-4 tb spoons
Salt - 1 big pinch
Ghee - 2 tea spoons
Water - 1/2 cup

Procedure:
1. Mix the flour,jaggery and water together. Knead into a soft dough which can be pressed against tawa.
2. Heat a griddle and sprinkle some ghee over that. Moisten your hands with some water and spread the dough on the pan into a circular bread. Drizzle some ghee on top. Fry this for about 2-3 minutes on either sides.

Eat it hot, really hot. Nothing fancy, quick and easy snack.I liked the melted jaggery all over!

Note: You might need to use jaggery syrup which is filtered if you feel it contains impurities(like the original recipe says). I didn't have to.

Oh by the way, this happens to be my 50th post. My blog baby is growing up!

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