Rice bread with fresh ginger

Name: Rice bread with fresh ginger
Yield: Makes 8
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 15 ml/1 tbsp sunflower oil or olive oil, plus extra for brushing; 120 ml/4fl oz/½ cup thick set natural (plain) yogurt; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup cold cooked rice; 2.5 ml/½ tsp chilli powder; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups rice flour; 2.5 cm/1 in fresh root ginger, grated, or 10ml/2 tsp ginger purée; 15 ml/1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander (cilantro); 2.5 ml//2 tsp salt, or to taste

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Indian Regional Cookbook

By Mridula Baljekar

Published 2017

About

Chawal Ki Roti is an excellent way of using up leftover cooked rice. Combined with rice flour, oil and yogurt, then flavoured with fresh ginger and coriander, the dough is simple to make. The breads are usually cooked on a tava - a flat iron griddle pan - but a heavy frying pan can be used instead.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/2 cups rice flour
115

Asia
India
Central India
Main course
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Put the rice flour and cooked rice in a large mixing bowl and stir together, Add the chilli, salt and coriander and stir again to combine, Make a hollow in the centre of the mixture.
Blend the ginger with the oil and yogurt in a jug (pitcher), then stir in 75ml