This tip is for those
who find it really difficult to knead the dough for roti every day. I do find it difficult to knead each day! Yes because I
have other chores to do - not because I need to take some “more” rest. Kneading
every day doesn’t fit into my routine. Keeping in mind that there is no
alternative of a home made roti, I tried to freeze the roti dough. And it went perfect. So am sharing that tip.
As you generally do,
put dry flour (whole wheat flour has much more nutrition than plain or all
purpose flour) in your kneading pot. Put 6 times the amount of flour than you
need for one day cooking. I knead in a very big flat surface pot (tasla). The tip for freezing the dough is that you will pour a
little amount of vinegar into it. Due to the antibacterial properties of
vinegar, the dough won’t get bad in taste or smell as you freeze it. Fruit
vinegar is the best but synthetic vinegar can also do the trick. You just have
to sprinkle vinegar on the dry flour. Mix with fingers to make sure the vinegar
has mixed evenly in the entire flour. Now add water and follow your usual steps
of kneading the dough to your desired texture. I usually get non-sticky, not
too hard dough after kneading a couple of times.
After kneading the
dough, make six equal portions of it. Remember you have prepared 6 times the
amount that you need for one day rotis. 3 portions put together an air tight plastic
container & put into the refrigerator. Remaining 3 portions put in another
air tight plastic container. Put it into freezer. For three days use the dough
that is in the refrigerator.
On the third day you
have to take out the dough container from the freezer & put it immediately
into the refrigerator. Leave it there whole night untouched. On the fourth day,
at the time of cooking roti, take out the dough that was once freeze, now it’s
in the refrigerator. Now it’s perfect dough for next three days. If you are
smart enough & with more practice, you can increase the amount of dough,
like you can dough for 8-10 days once.
This small time saving spares
time for your passions, challenges, & productivity instead of just being
productive inside the kitchen.
See also: Nutritious Roti Dough
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How do you use the roti dough from the regrigerator? Do you allow it to warm up on the countertop or in the microwave? How long in each/either case?
ReplyDelete*refrigerator. Sorry for typo!
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