Akki Rotti(Thalipeeth)

When we were kids and were bored of eating the chapathis, or on those days when mom was too tired to make rotis and vegetable, we used to get this delicacy. Though its really simple to make and we used to wonder why mom doesn't make it often, we would enjoy it always. Traditionally Thalipeeth is a marathi word, Thali=Plate and peeth=dough. Furthermore mom used to make thalipeeth out of jowar flour, rice flour and besan flour, but later on she started making this rice flour version and we started calling it akki rotti, in kannada akki=rice and rotti=roti. Yesterday I was craving to have something for breakfast that's easy to make and would remind me of my mom. It came out so good that I had it for breakfast and for lunch. I hope you will all enjoy the akki rotti which goes good for any meal.

Ingredients:
Rice flour - 2 cups
Besan(chickpea flour) - 1/4 cup
Roasted peanut powder - 1/4 cup
Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
Jeera(Cumin seeds) - 2 teaspoon
Onion, finely chopped - 1/2 cup
Cilantro, finely chopped - 1/4 cup
Green chillies, finely chopped - 4-5 according to taste
Fresh coconut, cut into small pieces - 1/4 cup
Salt - to taste
Butter, melted - 1/4 cup
Oil - as required

In a large bowl mix together, rice flour, besan, peanut powder, sesame seeds, jeera, onion, cilantro , green chillies, fresh coconut, salt and melted butter. Make a well in between and pour 1/2 cup of hot/warm water and mix well, keep adding water and mixing the dough till you get the dough to chapathi dough consistency. Make big balls out of the dough, about the size of a medium orange and keep them covered. Heat the tawa and while its getting hot, take a wax paper or a plastic paper, grease it with oil and take a ball of dough and gently pat the dough with your greased hands to get a thick round shape, try to make it even and when the tawa is hot enough gently pick the roti and put it on the tawa. On medium heat let it cook on both sides till you see nice golden spots on both sides. You can put some oil drops on the roti while cooking, though its not required, as you have enough butter in it already. Since each roti takes time to cook, you can use two tawas at a time to make them faster.
This roti goes well with raitha, pickle or just plain dahi.

Enjoy!!!