Have you ever had just a little bit of Daal leftover and you didn’t know what to do with it? Maybe it wasn’t even enough for one person, let alone your whole family. If this is you, then try this delicious recipe for Missi Roti (also known as Daal Roti) which is Indian unleavened bread made with flour and daal, or lentils. It has the goodness of carbs and protein all in one shot!
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Chapati Flour - 1 1/2 cups
Leftover Daal (any kind) - 1 cup
Salt - to taste
Red Chili Powder - to taste
Onion - 1/2 medium, finely chopped (optional)
Oil - 1 Tbsp
Oil - for pan frying
Dry Flour - for rolling
Method:
1. Heat leftover Daal in the microwave for 30 secs.
2. Add Salt and Red Chili Powder and mix well.
3. Add Daal to a medium size bowl and add in Onions and Oil. Mix.
4. Finely chopped green chilies and cilantro can also be added if the daal doesn’t already have them.
5. Add Chapati Flour to the Daal a little at a time and start to mix until a medium firm dough is formed.
6. Coat the dough with a few drops of Oil, cover and let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
7. Knead the dough and divide it into golf ball size balls.
8. Dip each dough ball into some dry flour to coat and roll it out into a tortilla size and shape disc. You may have to re-dip the roti in the dry flour if it sticks to the rolling surface.
9. Place the roti onto a hot tawa or skillet and cook until bubbles start to form.
10. Flip roti onto the other side and cook for another 30 seconds.
11. Smear a little oil on top of the roti and flip it over.
12. Press the roti with a spatula to cook evenly, smear this side with oil and flip again.
13. Keep pressing with the spatula until roti is fully cooked and the raw dough look has gone.
14. Keep roti in an insulated container and repeat process for remaining rotis.
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Super thanks! I was wondering what do with my yesterday’s leftover toor daal, you guys have made it so easy.
May 12th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
what is purpose of heating the daal in microwave ?
May 12th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Kneading is always a lot easier and better if you warm the water/milk or in this case, dal. In our Chapati video as well, we warm the water when we make the dough.
May 19th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Hello Hetal and Anuja,
I had no patience until I went home after work to try this recipe - AWESOME !!
I have told my kids about your website as they are in the US in university and they keep asking me for recipes, your website (videos) will make things easy for them.
Your parathas (in bread toaster) is another wonderful idea.
Keep up the good work !
June 12th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Amazing receipe, I always thought that making missi roti was a task…you guys made it so easy.
Thanks.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:16 am
Wow! Another great use for leftovers. A very good idea.
September 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 pm
really nice use of leftovers.
thank you very much