Ingredients
- 1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup lukewarm water (Use more as needed)
- 1/4 cup whole-wheat flour for rolling
- 1 cup Amaranth leaves(Mulai keerai)
- Ghee
- Boil the amaranth leaves and grind it.
- Take half of the flour, salt and grinded leaves(to make green color roti) together to make a soft dough (add water as needed).
- Mix remaining flour, salt and water togather to make a soft dough (add more water as needed)seperately.
- Make the whole dough seperately into smooth ball and press flat. Dip it in dry flour from both sides.
Roll them into big disks.(Roll the colored dough & colorless seperately) - If the dough sticks to the rolling pin or rolling surface, lightly dust the roti with dry flour
- Place the disks one above the another.Then roll them together like cigarette .Divide them into small balls.Again roll them into small disks.
- Heat the pan, put a chapati(disks) on the pan and press it flat with a spatula or dry cloth to make it rise up.
- Flip and repeat so it becomes lightly browned on both sides.
- Chapatis(disks) are often brushed with ghee (clarified butter) after being cooked.