Failure is a fact of cooking
November Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Collecting Smiles”
My Jowar roti made me smile.
What happens when you repeatedly try making a dish and it fails? Time and again, you are left with an inedible monster.
Something similar always happened to me whenever I tried making Jowar(Sorghum) roti.
Jowar roti is an all-time favourite for all of us at home, but I have never been able to make it at home.
Each time I eat it at a restaurant, I promise to try making it home. I pore over recipe books and watch recipes on YouTube, but I fail to get it right always.
Last month I decided to try again. I made several attempts, and I cracked the technique one fine day.
Ooh, la la ! my jowar roti smiled at me.
It is handmade without using a rolling pin. What you see in the picture is not the best result, but it is closer to it. It did not break while making it.
My experience making jowar roti reminds me of Steve Jobs’s famous quote, “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
Any experienced cook and culinary expert will vouch that jowar ( Sorghum) millet rotis are challenging. Since it is gluten-free, it breaks while using a rolling pin. Traditionally it is always rolled using hands to flatten the roti.
Many cooks nowadays use rolling pins to make this roti, but the technique is different, and sometimes they even mix wheat flour for better binding.
Jowar millet, also known as Sorghum, is healthy and used in everyday meals in the Indian states of Maharashtra, North Karnataka, some parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Goa. It is nutritious compared to wheat roti and good for diabetic patients. It is rich in protein, iron, magnesium, folic acid and fibre. It helps control blood pressure. It is also good for weight loss.
With so many health benefits, it was worth the pain to keep trying and making jowar rotis at home.
Thank you Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles for the awesome November prompt.
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