Saturday, January 10, 2009

Vegetable Frankie

Veg. Frankie is slowly becoming very popular on streets of Mumbai. The recipe presented here is of Indian style. It is healthy food because it contains lot vegetables and rolled in wheat flour. Kids who do not like to eat vegetables will love to eat VEG. FRANKIE.



Ingredients:

For the Rotis:
Wheat Flour - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Luke warm water

For the Filling:
Onion - 1 finely chopped
Tomato - 1 finely chopped
Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) - 1 finely chopped
Cabbage - 2 tbsp shredded
Carrot - 2 tbsp shredded
Coriander Leaves for garnishing
Green Chutney - 1/2 cup
Lemon Juice to taste
Salt to taste
Grated Cheese

Method:

For making the Rotis:
Take the flour in a big bowl and add salt and oil to it and mix it well. Now add the luke warm water, little at a time and make smooth dough. Keep aside for 15 mins. After 15 mins roll the dough into lemon size balls and flatten these balls with wooden roller on wooden surface to make chapatis.

Heat the tava and cook the roti only 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 you see light brown sports your roti is ready. Remove from flame and keep inside the covered box, so roti remains soft. Perform this with all the balls and keep aside.

For the Filling:
Take a bowl put all the vegetables, salt and lemon juice, mix it well and garnish with coriander leaves. Your filling is ready. Now we go to the assembly of the wraps.

Heat the tava, place the uncooked side of the roti and cook on low heat. Now place a spoonful of the filling in center of the roti. Top it with some tamarind and green chutney according to your taste. Put some cheese. Now fold the either sides of the roti in an over lapping manner. Remove from the tava and serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Note:
Instead of rotis you can also use readymade wheat or corn Tortillas.



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