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Banana Roti

Ingredients

  • 2-3 ripe bananas, peeled, chopped
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 3 cups wheat flour (atta)
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp salt

Method

  1. Blend the bananas in a blender.
  2. Add the milk and sugar and whisk until smooth. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, combine the wheat flour and salt. Add the oil and then the banana mixture.
  4. Mix into a pliable dough and let it rest for about half an hour.
  5. Divide the dough into small portions and roll into balls.
  6. Roll out into small chapattis or rotis.
  7. Roast them on a griddle (tawa) until golden flecks show on both sides.
  8. Serve warm.

Source note: Adapted from Isha Foundation’s A Taste of Well-Being (Harper Element, 2016).

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