Cooking with Shail

Baida Roti is basically a street food which is a form of stuffed paratha. The origin of baida roti is from the Awadhi region of India. Traditionally it is prepared with minced meat stuffing and the roti is rolled in beaten egg then shallow fried. I have made the vegetarian version of this roti which is very delicious and if you want to try something new for your dinner or party food this is a good dish to put out. I have shallow fried the roti which I have made out of mix of three flours whereas normally it is made out of maida only and the stuffing I have used is that of soyabean. The shallow fried outer crust when served hot is absolutely delicious it is bit crunchy from the out and soft from the inside. Always serve this hot or else the outer crust will become chewy. So lets get cooking….

Ingredients:

For Flour:

Maida/Refined Flour – 2 cups

Makai ka Atta/Maize Flour – 1 cup

Gram Flour/Besan – 2 tbsp

Ajwain (slightly crushed) – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Oil for adding in dough (slightly lukewarm)- 3 tbsp

Water for kneading

For Stuffing:

Soyabean chunks – 2 cups

Onion (finely chopped) – 1 medium

Tomato (finely chopped) – 1 medium

Capsicum (finely chopped) – 1 large

Ginger ( finely chopped) – 1 tbsp

Garlic (finely chopped) – 2 tbsp

Green Chillies (finely chopped) – 3 pieces

Haldi/Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp

Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp

Cumin and Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp

Garam Masala Powder – 2 tsp

Boiled Corn – 1/2 cup

Cheese (Processed) (grated) – 1/2 cup

Coriander Leaves (finely chopped) – 1/2 cup

Lemon juice – 1 tbsp

Oil – 1 tbsp

Asafoetida/Hing – 1 tsp

Salt as per taste

Other:

Oil for shallow frying

Water for boiling soya chunks – 4 cups

Method:

For Flour:

1) In a bowl sieve together the maida, makai ka atta and besan. Now to this add the salt and ajwain and mix it

2) Add the lukewarm oil and crumble the flour. Now bind together into a soft dough using water. The dough has be soft like a roti dough.

3) Cover it and keep aside for 10 minutes.

For Stuffing:

1) In a vessel take the 4 cups water and bring it to a boil. As soon as it comes to a boil lower the flame and add the soya chunks to it. Cover the vessel and remove from flame. Keep aside for 15 minutes.

2) After 15 minutes strain the soya chunks (they will have doubled in size). Sqeeze the chunks so as to remove all the water from it. this is very important to squeeze it as much as you can or else the stuffing will become soggy.

3) Crush the soya chunks in a mixture jar.

4) Take a pan. In that add oil. once the oil is warm add the hing and garlic. Saute the garlic till it turns bit brown. Now add the ginger and green chillies and saute for a minutes. Add the onions and saute till the onions turn bit brown.

5) now add the tomato and capsicum and saute till they become soft. Now add the haldi powder, red chilli powder, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala powder and salt and mix it well.

6) Take this off the gas. Add the crushed soya, boiled corn, lemon juice and coriander leaves and give it a good mix. Let it cool off.

7) Once cool add the grated cheese and bind the stuffing together gently. Do not make a dough just bring it all together.

For the roti:

1) Make small balls out of the dough prepared above. Approximately 6-7 balls. Roll these in flour and make rotis out of it of approximately 7 inches each.

2) Take one roti. In the center of this roti add the stuffing (approximately 2-3 tbsp). Fold one side of the roti over the stuffing. Then fold over from the other side. Finally seal from both the edges and make a square pocket. Dust some flour over this and gently press and roll to evenly distribute the stuffing. Do not elongate just slightly press it. The shape should be square.

3) In a non stick pan take around 3-4 tbsp oil. Once warm place the roti in this and shallow fry from both the sides till golden brown spots appear.

4) Serve hot with dahi/curd or ketchup or garlic chutney.