BILI HOLIGE
Bili holige or rice flour stuffed paratha is a type of flatbread prepared by stuffing rice flour dough in side maida dough.
Ingredients
For Stuffing
- 1 Cup Rice flour
- 1 3/4 Cups Water, depends on the rice flour quality
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds /Jeera
- 1 tsp Salt
For Dough
- 2 Cups All purpose flour /maida
- around 1/2 cup Water
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 2-4 tsp Oil
Instructions
Make outer covering :
- Take a wide vessel . Add maida , salt and oil .
- Prepare a dough adding required amount of water . Dough should be not too soft or stiff . Should be like chapathi dough . Keep it covered in a damp cloth for 30 minutes
Make Stuffing :
- Take a wide pan / kadai . Heat 1 3/4 cup of water.
- Once it starts to boil add cumin seeds,oil and salt.
- Keep on sim and slowly add rice flour and keep stirring constantly using a wooden spatula .
- Flour will combine to form a lump and switch off the flame.
- When the dough is still warm , transfer it into a clean polythene cover . refer note no 4
- Knead it nicely to form a very smooth lumpless dough . Stuffing of bili holige is ready .
Make paratha:
- Divide stuffing and and outer covering to orangesized balls .
- Stuff the rice flour stuffing in prepared maida outer dough as shown in picture.
- this is how it will look
- Dust some wheat/maida flour and roll them with a rolling pin as thin as possible .
- Heat tawa/griddle , Put rolled paratha on hot tawa,.
- Once it puffs up drizzle few drops of oil on corners and flip it and cook on other side till done.
- Serve hot bili holige with stuffed brinjal / stuffed ridge gourd / veg .kurma / choice of gravy or chutney .
