Red Alert

It's Friday again. Felt great staying at home on a week day, like a housewife. Had to be home as my babysitter wanted a day off. I was excited and cooked twice, lunch and dinner. For lunch, I cooked a very simple one dish meal. As for dinner, I wanted something special and of course easy. Thought of roti but what roti? Checked out my pantry and finally made up my mind.

Tomato Roti

What do we need:




1 1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup bread flour
3 tbsp tomatoe purée
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves
1 tbsp oil
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp cumin powder
salt to taste
water, as required

How do we do it:

Mix all the ingredients together. Knead slowly while adding water little by little, if necessary, until it becomes soft & pliable dough.

Divide the dough into 8 equal sized balls. Cover and let them rest for at least 30 minutes.



Roll out the dough into discs. Place the rolled dough on a medium heated greased griddle. Cook for 2 minutes. Flip it over and cook for another minute.

Tomato Roti with Mushroom Stew

I like the colour of the roti, RED and love the taste.

The Butter Fruit: Avocado

The other day went to Asian Star, a Sri Lankan grocery shop in the town centre. Wanted to buy avocado to make salad. After picking the best fruit I could find, I headed towards the cash counter. As I was just on my way, found a new kind of fruit. The colour was very much similar to avocado but the skin texture was smoother and the shape was rather rounder compared to normal pear shaped of avocado. Then, picked a good fruit and returned previous avocado back to it´s place. Paid for the fruit and left. At back home, asked hubby what fruit is it. He said that it could be a different species of avocado or maybe a hybrid. When I was quite sure that it is an avocado, I just let it ripe.




Today, found that the fruit has ripened. Wanted to make something different out of it other than the normal salads. Crossed my mind was the Avocado Paratha made by Garam Masala of The Spice Is Right. So, decided to make them as well but with my basic paratha recipe. I made slight modifications on the seasonings to suit my taste.

Avocado Parathas



What do we need:

1 1/2 cups plain four
1/2 cup high protein flour (Bread flour)
1 ripe avocado, mashed
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 cumin powder
1 tsp salt
water, accordingly

How do we do it:

Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the mashed avocado. Knead slowly while adding water little by little, if necessary, until it becomes soft & pliable dough.

Divide the dough into 8 equal sized balls. Roll it out into prefered shape. (round or triangle). Place the rolled dough on a medium heat griddle. Cook for 2 minutes. Flip it over and cook for another minute.

Avocado Parathas with Mung Bean & Carrot Curry and Date & Tomato Chutney

The texture of the dough was very soft and smooth due to the buttery avocado. I love the colour of the dough. Guess what....GREEN. Avocado parathas are best served hot with curries, chutney or sambal (red hot curry).