Roti upma

Hi Friends,

This is another recipe that I try couple of months back, but could not post earlier. Its an innovative idea with left over chapati's. For Indian's its either rice or roti that is eaten as a main portion a night. Mostly, people of south have rice for dinner and people of north have roti's. Not just dinner but roti is a most for people of north in lunch as well. But, we people of Odisha, where do we lay? No idea, for most of the urban population of Odisha, it is rice in lunch and roti for dinner. This holds good for some of the rural population as well. So, we are a mixture right. We have breakfast as Chakuli Pitha, Chitau Pitha (similar to Dosa of south), however our curries resemble mostly north. But, yes our facial and figure resemble Bengali's and our tradition is almost similar to Bengali. I got distracted from the original topic a bit,lets now go back to main topic.
For people who prefer chapati or roti, it is common to have left over's. So, what do you do with these. Just warm them and have with curries, milk or chai or have you come up with something innovative.

I am sure, you must have tried something or the other at times. Here, is one such recipe that I prepared after being inspired by other foodie blogger's. Its a normal stir fry recipe with less oil and spices.Try it once, it is a makeover of the dull left over roti's.

Ingredients :- 

3 to 4 left over chapati's torn into small pieces.

1 green capsicum chopped

1 red pepper bell chopped

1 yellow pepper bell chopped

1 Onion chopped

1 green chili chopped

1/2 tbsp black pepper powder

salt as per taste

olive or canola oil 1 tbsp

1 tbsp lemon juice

Method:- 

Heat a pan. Add oil, when oil is hot add onions, stir fry till it turns pink. Add chopped vegetables and stir fry for 3 mins. Add roti peices. Mix in salt and pepper powder. And fry for another 2 mins. Now turn off the flame, add lemon juice and serve hot.

Tangy Roti Papad

Hi Readers,

This is left over food preparation, that is chatapata in taste. I got to know this dish  when we stayed in Bihar. This is a common preparation in Bihar as most of the people in Bihar eat Chapati/Roti as their staple food. It is very simple to make and serves as a snack item.

Ingredients :- 1- 2 to 3 roti/chapati.

2- 1 big onion.

3- 3 green chili

4- salt to taste

5- 1 tsp oil

6- 1/2 tsp lemon juice

Method :- Break the roti/chapati into tiny pieces. In a pan heat the oil, when its ready you can sprinkle Jeera/Coriander which is optional. Add green chili and onion, cook till onion turns golden. Add the roti/Chapati pieces, add salt and cook for another 3 mins. When done remove from flame and add the lemon juice, mix well and serve hot. You could also sprinkle a little amount of chat masala to taste.

Thanks