Kayi rotti recipe | How to make coconut roti | Thenginakayi akki rotti
By Latha on April 7th, 2023
Kayi rotti or coconut rice flour roti recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This tenginakayi akki rotti is prepared using coconut, water, salt and rice flour. This is a very soft and plain roti recipe. You can serve this coconut rotti with any chutney or curry of your choice.
You can fine few other plain rotti recipes on this website like rave rotti or rava roti, jolada rotti or jowar roti, jolada rotti or jowar roti and plain ragi rotti. The important thing in this recipe is kneading. Better you need, easy to make the rotis. I have used rice flour in this recipe which you can replace it with fine rava or chiroti rave.
You can serve these rotis with any spicy curries like badanekayi ennegayi (stuffed brinjal), zunka (gram flour curry), Hesaru kalu gojju, Veg kurma, Aloo gobi and menthe palle (methi dal).
I have made a video on this recipe, which I have embedded it below. So please do have a look and give it a try.
You can find different varietis of Karnataka style rotti recipes on my website like akki rotti (rice flour roti), jolada rotti (jowar roti), ragi rotti (finger millet roti), sajjige rotti (rava roti) and sabsige soppu rotti (dill leaves roti). If you are looking for more breakfast recipes from then do check our break fast recipes section. Let us get on to the recipe.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 8 - 12 no
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1.5 cups of water (including grinding)
- 1/2 tsp salt (or as per your taste)
Instructions for making kayi rotti or coconut roti:
- To prepare kayi rotti or coconut roti, take 1.25 cups water and salt in a pan and keep it for boiling.
- Meantime, take coconut in a mixie jar.
- Grind it into a fine paste by adding required water.
- Add the ground paste into the boiling water.
- Wait until the water and coconut start to boil. Add in rice flour. You can add fine rava or chiroti rava as well.
- Give a quick mix and switch off the stove. close the lid and keep it aside until warm.
- Once the dough is warm, knead it very well for two minutes.
- Once you are done with the kneading, dust your fingers, pinch and take big lemon sized dough. You can use rice flour or any other flour for dusting.
- Dust the flour and roll the flat balls into thin rotis. You can make a perfect round shaped roti using a lid. Plese note, this step is optional.
- Heat the tava or pan and transfer the rolled rotti or roti over the hot pan.
- Once you start seeing the small bubbles, flip the roti and cook on the other side.
- Serve it with any curry of your choice and enjoy. I served it with ridge gourd kurma.
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