An easy, healthy flatbread recipe that is quick to make. It will totally spice-up your taste buds. Let me be clear, they are not regular flatbread but a slight modification to the routine procedure by adding flavors and vegetables. Cabbage Flatbread are so delicious and irresistible, that once you try the recipe; you would want more.
I always prefer my Roti/flatbread crispy and right from the Tawa/Pan to the plate. It was back in my school days, where I and my brother use to sit in the Kitchen, while my mother rolling out flatbreads as fast as she could; we waited for our turn to be served with hot and soft flatbread with a drippy layer of ghee/butter over it.
Flatbread is staple food for India, which is accompanied with a bowl of Sabzi/Vegetable and Dal/Lentils. Cabbage flatbread is a perfect blend of flatbread and veggies served as one with minimum efforts and delicious outcome.
I enjoy cooking and prefer freshly cooked meal whenever possible. But sometimes you don’t really have time to cook everything separately. One such day, I thought I need to make something quick and dirty which is healthy yet tasty. And that´s when I tried this recipe. My Mom use to make something similar, where she used fenugreek leaves instead of cabbage.
This cabbage flatbread recipe is very easy and requires less effort and time. Kneading is also quite simple and quick which will take just two minutes once all the ingredients are ready.
They are very filling, which makes it perfect morning breakfast or any other meal of the day!
If you have never tried homemade bread before, then this could be your start point. There is nothing much, that can go wrong—the worst that can happen is that, you roll the bread being very thin, which will make it crispy and hard. When that happens, all you need to do is, make sure you roll the bread to thickness of 3-5mm to make it soft and pliable.
What to serve along?
Indian Chai is a staple drink in India and is consumed with many such recipes. A sip of hot Chai and a bite of Cabbage bread satisfies our earthly cravings. I even dip bites of my cabbage bread into the Chai and then eat them just like a biscuit. Make sure you try this, the next time you make my recipe and do let me know how you liked it!
Don´t know how to make Indian Chai? Indian Chai Recipe
Not a Chai person? Go for ketchup / chutney / pickles or Serve it with a bowl full of yoghurt / curd
I know you are eager to try out the recipe, so here it is:
Cabbage Flatbread - Healthy Indian Flatbread Recipe
Equipment
- Flat Pan
- 1 Big Bowl
- 1 Plate
- Chopper
- Chopping Board
- Knives
- Spatula
Ingredients
- 300 gm Cabbage
- 1 medium sized Onion
- 6-7 pcs Garlic
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 3 tsp Chilli Powder
- 2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 2 tsp Garam Masala
- 4 tsp Sesame Seeds
- 2 tsp Ajwain/Ajowan caraway
- a pinch Hing/Asafoetida
- 3 cups Wheat Flour
- 1 cup Water
- to taste Salt
- 5-6 tbsp Sunflower Oil
Instructions
- The recipe is pretty simple, so let´s start with gathering all the ingredients.
- Once that´s done. Start cutting the vegetables -- Cabbage, Onion and Garlic into small cubes. We don´t need to invest a lot of time to fine chop the vegetables, as we are using a chopper for the same.
- Mind your hand while cutting Cabbage, make sure you don´t hurt yourself.
- Add the veggie cubes to the chopping pot, if the pot is small in size then divide the veggies and chop them in lots. The veggies need not be separately done, they can be mixed together in one.
- Chop the cabbage, onion and garlic to fine pieces.
- Take a bowl in which you will knead the dough. Make sure it is sufficiently big. Add the chopped vegetables to the bowl.
- After adding the veggies, add the spices -- turmeric, coriander powder, garam masala, chilli powder, ajowan caraway, sesame seeds, asafoetida apart from salt to the bowl one by one.
- Now add the salt to the bowl. Adding salt will make cabbage release moisture content. We use this moisture to knead the dough.
- Start adding the wheat flour little by little to the bowl and knead the dough simultaneously.
- Kneading is very simple and convenient with all the ingredients mixed well.
- If the cabbage releases a lot of moisture, then there is no need to add water to make the dough to an appropriate tenderness.
- And if you feel kneading is difficult and it is too doughy -- there isn´t sufficient water, then only add water. The softness of the dough matters, we do not want to make it too soft and sticky.
- While adding water, try to add very little and knead the dough. Repeat if your haven´t reached to the right consistency like in the video.
- Once the dough is done, add 1 tbsp oil to the dough and lightly knead the dough, so that the oil is well absorbed and penetrates.
- Cover the bowl with a lid and let it rest for 5 mins. Do not over keep the dough, as cabbage may still release moisture, making the dough too soft and sticky to roll.
- Cover the flatbread rolling board with a thin plastic film to avoid stickiness.
- Form small circular balls of dough, pat it with wheat flour on all sides, and get them ready to roll.
- Start rolling the ball to draw a nice circular flatbread with the help of a rolling pin. Dust the flatbread (whenever necessary) into the pit of wheat flour to easily roll out.
- Keep rolling till the flatbread is about 3mm to 5mm thick.
- Place the flatbread on a flat pan at a medium flame, once the pan is heated.
- After you see some bubble rising up on the bread, flip the bread and let it cook on the other side. Repeat it one more time.
- Apply oil to the top of the flatbread and flip the flatbread. With the help of a spatula move the bread swiftly to let it cook from all edges.
- Now apply oil to the other side, flip it and with a spatula move it swiftly, so that all edges are well-cooked.
- Black spots will start to appear on each sides of the bread. Once all the edges are spotted, it is ready to be served.
- While you are tossing the sides, roll out more flatbread alongside. This will help you to optimise your work.
- Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the dough balls. And soon all your cabbage flatbread would be ready.
- Serve the hot, crispy, spicy cabbage flatbread with chutney, ketchup, pickle, cup of Chai or just plain, possibilities are endless.
- Enjoy while they are hot!
Here is a descriptive video of the recipe, try the recipe now and let me know, how did you like it.
Food will taste more delicious when you have it with your loved ones, family and friends and add a scoop of butter or ghee over it! So enjoy this quick and easy recipe and stay connected for more such interesting recipes, direct from my kitchen to your plate!
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Author: Kinnari
Welcome! I am Kinnari, a 20 something Engineer from Pune, India. Presently residing in Germany, which got me an opportunity to explore the world around me! Staying far from my family also got me a chance to step into the kitchen and put my apron on! Altogether a big opportunity to share my experiences with you!
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