A Kati Roll is a street-food dish originating from Kolkata, West Bengal. In its original form, it is a skewer roasted kebab wrapped in a paratha bread, over the years many variants have evolved
Today, mostly any wrap containing a filling enfolded in an Indian flatbread (roti) is called a Kati roll
TODAY AM SHARING A SIMPLE SIMPLE KATHI ROLL RECIPE FROM SCRATCH.
INGREDIENTS
For Dough
- Whole wheat flour / all-purpose flour 2 cups
- Salt as required
- Water as required
For filling:
Marination
- Chicken boneless preferably ( or with bone) 250 to 300 gram
- Curd 3 Tbsp
- Kashmiri Chilli Powder 1 tbsp
- Cumin powder 1tsp
- Salt as required
- Kasturi Methi 1 tsp
- Oil 1 tbsp
- Besan 1 tbsp
Vegetables:
- Onions sliced
- Carrot sliced
- Cabbage sliced
- Capsicum sliced
- Cucumber cut into long cubes
For Rolls:
- Eggs
- Green chutney
- Lemon ( optional)
Method:
To make dough
- Combine, flour salt, and water and knead into a smooth dough and keep aside for 10 to 15 mins
For Filling:
- First, marinate the chicken :
- In a bowl add oil, to that add chili powder and mix well ( it imparts good color)
- Now add in cumin powder, methi, besan, salt, and curd and mix well
- Now add the chicken pieces and marinate for min 15 mins
Meanwhile :
- Take a flat Tawa and make Rotis and keep aside
- Once the chicken is marinated well, let’s fry or grill and keep aside ( if using with bone chicken, once it’s fried remove all the bone And keep aside)
- Heat again a pan and add little oil, once it’s hot add sliced vegetables one by one ( except cucumber ) and sauté on high flame for 2 to 4 mins.
- Add salt accordingly
- Finally, add in the fried chicken and mix well and cook for another 2 mins and turn off the stove.
Let’s assemble the roll:
- First heat a pan add little beaten egg, gently press a roti over it and cook for 2 mins or till egg is cooked ( repeat the same for all roti)
- Now take 2 tbsp of filing & add in the center of the roti, then add Cucumber and green chutney ( lemon juice and chat masala can also be added at this point)
- Close the roti from the other end, secure tightly with a skewer, or foil
Now our Kathi Roll is ready to be served 😊