Kerala Porotta

Kerala Porotta, it is one of my favorite food. It is prepared using a technique which involves waving and puffing the dough so that the flat bread is formed of many layers. If you try it out 3-4 times, you can also be a poratta maker.

Ingredients for the dough :-

Maida – 2 cups

Water – as needed to prepare the dough

Veg Oil/Dalda – 1 tbsp

Salt – to taste

Sugar – ¼ tbsp

Baking Soda – 1/12 tbsp

Step 1

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and knead the dough together thoroughly just like you prepare chappathi/roti dough.Keep it for 1 hr. Covered with a wet muslin cloth. Otherise the top of the dough may become dry.

Step 2 :-

Divide the dough into 12 equal portions of size a little less than tennis ball.

Step 3 :-

Take a portion and apply some coconut oil on it. In a flat surface apply coconut oil again and roll out the portion to the maximum. Then beat the roll out on the oily surface (Make it as thin as possible both length wise and width wise).

Step 4:-

Then holding at one end of the pleated dough and rotate it just like a spiral. Again use wet cloth to cover it.

Step 5 :-

Apply with oil, roll out each portion just like roti in medium thick, not so thin

Step 6:-

Cook each one with a little oil for 1 or 2 minutes. In air tight container.

Step 7 :-

When 3 or 4 porottas are done, place them in a flat surface and holding them between hands ,beat the hands together(Just like clapping,but 3-4 porottas are between). This will separate the different layers.

Now tasty Kerala Porotta is ready to serve !!!