The base of a frankie is a chapati (I have made a maida chapati...u can even use a wheat chapati...for healthier reason...:) or even left over chapati.I personally feel that using maida chapati doenst make this unhealthy...so I use it anyways :P...) and the filling is of all fresh veggies..:D.
A basic medium wheat chapati has around 130 calories. and its high in dietary fibre. Whereas a maida chapati is 92 calories (like a tortilla) but lacks the dieta fibres compared to a wheat chapati. Choice is urs...:D As we make it at home ourselves we can control the addition of salt in it to make it low in sodium. I use lotsa fresh veggies for the filling so its very healthy and takes care of ur daily vegetable intake....:) It is so filling yet so light. Many a times we end up having this for dinner too :P. Hope u enjoy my recipe.. as much as I do..:)
For the rotis
Maida (All purpose flour) - 1 cup
salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Lukewarm water
For the Filling
Tomatoes - 1 Finely chopped
Capsicum (green bell pepper) - 1 Finely chopped
Potato - 1 boiled and cubed
Carrot - 1 made into thin julians
Onions - 1 medium finely chopped
Red bell pepper - 2 tbsp finely chopped (optional)
Cabbage - 2tbsp shredded (optional)
Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish
Fresh mint leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped (optional)
Salt to taste
Lemon juice - 3 tsp
Tamarind and dates Chutney* - 1/2 cup
Green chilli sauce / green chutney - 1/2 cup
Method :
For making the rotis - Take the lukewarm water in a bowl and add salt and oil to it. Mix it well. Now add the flour to it and make into a nice and smooth dough. Add water or flour as required. Keep aside for 15 minutes. After 15 minute roll the dough into small lemon size balls and make them into small chapatis/ rotis/circles.
Heat the tava and cook the roti onlu on one side. Don't flip the roti. Pour oil around the roti. Lift up the edge of the roti lightly to check if its cooked well. If u see light brown spots.. your roti is ready... remove from flame. Store in a tissue lined box or plate. Cover it with a plate to keep the rotis soft.Do this with all the balls and keep aside. You may even make these roti before hand and freeze them.You may also use store bought wheat or corn tortillas to save time. You may alternatively also use left over chapatis for this.when using left over chapati you may skip the one side cooking step.
For the filling : put all the chopped vegetables in one bowl and mix well. Add the salt and lemon juice and garnish with fresh coriander and mint leaves. mix well once again. Your filling is ready. Now we go to the assembly of the wraps.
Heat the tava... Place the uncooked side of the roti on the tava. Pour oil around the roti and cook it it sim/low heat. Now place a spoonful or 2 of the filling in centre of the roti. Top it with some Tamarind chutney and green chilli sauce... according to ur taste. Fold the either sides of the roti in an overlapping manner. Remove from the tava and serve hot with Tomato Ketchup.
Your Mumbaiya style vegetable frankies are ready.
Have a look at my blog for more details along with more pictures..:)
Link : http://chutkibharpyar.blogspot.com/2008/05/vegetable-frankiegoing-to-sandwich.html
A basic medium wheat chapati has around 130 calories. and its high in dietary fibre. Whereas a maida chapati is 92 calories (like a tortilla) but lacks the dieta fibres compared to a wheat chapati. Choice is urs...:D As we make it at home ourselves we can control the addition of salt in it to make it low in sodium. I use lotsa fresh veggies for the filling so its very healthy and takes care of ur daily vegetable intake....:) It is so filling yet so light. Many a times we end up having this for dinner too :P. Hope u enjoy my recipe.. as much as I do..:)
For the rotis
Maida (All purpose flour) - 1 cup
salt to taste
Oil - 2 tsp
Lukewarm water
For the Filling
Tomatoes - 1 Finely chopped
Capsicum (green bell pepper) - 1 Finely chopped
Potato - 1 boiled and cubed
Carrot - 1 made into thin julians
Onions - 1 medium finely chopped
Red bell pepper - 2 tbsp finely chopped (optional)
Cabbage - 2tbsp shredded (optional)
Fresh Coriander leaves for garnish
Fresh mint leaves - 2 tsp finely chopped (optional)
Salt to taste
Lemon juice - 3 tsp
Tamarind and dates Chutney* - 1/2 cup
Green chilli sauce / green chutney - 1/2 cup
Method :
For making the rotis - Take the lukewarm water in a bowl and add salt and oil to it. Mix it well. Now add the flour to it and make into a nice and smooth dough. Add water or flour as required. Keep aside for 15 minutes. After 15 minute roll the dough into small lemon size balls and make them into small chapatis/ rotis/circles.
Heat the tava and cook the roti onlu on one side. Don't flip the roti. Pour oil around the roti. Lift up the edge of the roti lightly to check if its cooked well. If u see light brown spots.. your roti is ready... remove from flame. Store in a tissue lined box or plate. Cover it with a plate to keep the rotis soft.Do this with all the balls and keep aside. You may even make these roti before hand and freeze them.You may also use store bought wheat or corn tortillas to save time. You may alternatively also use left over chapatis for this.when using left over chapati you may skip the one side cooking step.
For the filling : put all the chopped vegetables in one bowl and mix well. Add the salt and lemon juice and garnish with fresh coriander and mint leaves. mix well once again. Your filling is ready. Now we go to the assembly of the wraps.
Heat the tava... Place the uncooked side of the roti on the tava. Pour oil around the roti and cook it it sim/low heat. Now place a spoonful or 2 of the filling in centre of the roti. Top it with some Tamarind chutney and green chilli sauce... according to ur taste. Fold the either sides of the roti in an overlapping manner. Remove from the tava and serve hot with Tomato Ketchup.
Your Mumbaiya style vegetable frankies are ready.
Have a look at my blog for more details along with more pictures..:)
Link : http://chutkibharpyar.blogspot.com/2008/05/vegetable-frankiegoing-to-sandwich.html
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