Poornima's Recipes: Bhakri(Jowar Roti)

Bhakri(Jowar Roti)
This is the common and popular rural meal of North Karnataka. Bhakri preparation is difficult and time consuming. But crispy or soft bhakri taste can not be matched with any other roti. Mmmm!! dollop of butter, thumbagayi palya(whole eggplant in spicy gravy) and warm jowar rotis, what a delicious meal!!!!!

Ingredients:
Jowar Flour 2 cups
Warm water
Salt 1 tsp
Method:
Take jowar flour, make a well in the middle. Add salt and warm water. Knead nicely to make a soft dough. Make round balls out of this dough.
On a flat surface, sprinkle little jowar flour and pat the ball with your palm. Use flour as required. Keep flattening the ball in circular motion to make round shape like roti. Don't make it too thin. Bhakri should be equal thickness so that it get puffed.
Keep ready a small piece of clean cloth and water in a vessel.
Now the tricky part is to put this on tawa or griddle. Heat a griddle(or a flat pan) and slide bhakri from the flat surface and place it on the griddle. It should be in such a way that, the lower surface of the bhakri should go on the tawa(upper surface upwards). Turn heat to low. Now with the help of wet cloth, spread water on the bhakri. Then immediately turn on the bhakri to cook other side.
Now remove from griddle and hold it on the direct flame. With the help of spatula, press a bit to get puffed. Roast on both sides till you get small black spots. Be careful, don't burn.
Serve bhakri with a dollop of butter and with garlic chutney or any vegetable gravy.
Note: For beginners bhakri is little difficult to make. Gas cooking is preferred to make good bhakris than electric. But you can roast it on electric coil, just hold it on the coil for 10-20 seconds. Usually traditional bhakri griddle is different than the usual flat griddle, but any flat pan can be used.

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