Sweet Potato and Coconut Parathas / Flat Breads -- Gensigadda/ Chilakada dumpa Kobbari Roti and an Award!!

A bunch of thanks for Mythreyee of "Paajaka" who is hosting a "Sweet Series-Sweet Rotis" event., otherwise i could have never made these healthy, moist and soft rotis, I wouldn't have thought out of the box for coming up with these Simple n Nutritious Sweet Potato and Coconut Parathas.. As soon as i saw the announcement, i started thinking of various sweet rotis grandmas, mom and my MIL makes, but i wanted to something even simpler than those.. Usually the sweet rotis they make are Sojjappam/Halva Poori , Oliga/Puran poli and Paala Poori.. But these are time consuming and you need to have both time and patience( Hehehe, I am very bad at this though!!! )..


Stack of sweet potato and coconut parathas

I thought of making peanut butter rotis, kova Rotis, etc.., before these Sweet Potato and Coconut Rotis.. I wasn't really sure if could at least bind the flour and sweet potato together, anyways i decided to try a few rotis.. Cooked the potato in microwave , added some dry coconut, a little bit of sugar, ghee and Wheat flour, Tada!! To may surprise I was actually able to bind everything together to a very soft pliable dough... Adding coconut gave these rotis that extra nuttyness and flavor.. And here goes the simple recipe..

Microwaved and Mashed Sweet Potato

Ingredients:
  • 1 medium sized sweet potato
  • 1/4 cup dried coconut or fresh coconut grated very fine
  • 3/4 - 1 cup whole wheat flour( Atta )
  • 1 cardamom grounded / 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
  • Sugar/jaggery according to taste
  • Ghee or butter stick for cooking

Soft and moist dough from Sweet Potato and Coconut

Method Of Preparation:
  • Cook the sweet potato in a microwave under potato setting in a microwave safe bowl covered with very little water.
  • Once the sweet potato is completely cooked, peel and mash the sweet potato. While its hot add jaggery / sugar, elaichi( cardamom powder ), nutmeg, salt.
  • If you want to add dried coconut add it now, otherwise if you wanna use fresh scraped coconut add it once the sweet potato mixture is cooled to room temperature
  • Once the potato is cooled, add some milk( optional) add flour and try to bind together.. You might need to adjust the amount of flour, milk according to the size of the sweet potato..
  • The dough should be very soft and moist.. Apply ghee( clarified butter ) allover the dough keep it covered for half an hour. Resting is a must for moist rotis.
  • Divide and roll out the dough using very less flour.., and heat them on the griddle just like chapathis., for instructions on hot to heat and store them click here.
  • Serve them hot or cover them for later..

Fruity Sweet Potato and Coconut Flat Breads

Serve these sweet potato coconut flat breads with some fresh ripened straw berries.. These rotis came out thin and very moist. I just bought some more sweet potatoes from farmers market to make these rotis again.. Hail to sweet potato...!!! These sweet potato rotis are going to be in my regular everyday Menu from now on...


Thanks Shubha of Chutki Bhaar Pyar for giving this Rocking Girl Blogger Award.. I feel elated, thanks dear.. I would like to pass this award to each and every blogger in this Food Blogosphere who put so time and effort in cooking, taking pictures and posting the recipes... Hail to all fellow Bloggers!!!...!

My sweet potato and coconut whole wheat rotis are rich in protein from Whole wheat flour, coconut and sweet potato... And these sweet potato and coconut rotis are on their way to:
Tags: Chapathis, Rotis, Sweet Rotis, Chilakada dumpa, Gansigadda, Sweet Potato, Coconut, Flour

34 comments:

  1. Looks very colorful and eye catching. Tempts me to try this recipe. As you said, you have given us all a very simple recipe. Thank you. And, thanks for participating in the sweet series roundup.

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  2. Thanks Mythraee these rotis are healthy whole wheat nutritious sweet treats.. How simple could this be??

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  3. what a great idea. i'd love to try the savoury version of sweet potato rotis.

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  4. wow.... wonderful entry.... looks yummy and great click dear...thxs

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  5. paratha looks delicious kalva and very easy to make.

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  6. Paratha looks inviting kalva,Love the color too....

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  7. i have to say the dough looked like pedas to me :)..great idea...and congrats on the award

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  8. d-lish! liked the idea of this combo! i hv posted a sweet potato paratha, savoury.

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  9. Woo!!sweet dish.This is so good and i bet it will be delicious.

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  10. Sweet potato and coconut parathas is such a creative dish.

    Looks divine!

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  11. Ohh Bee, i should keep checking your blog for savoury sweet potato paratahs...

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  12. Thanks Srikar..

    Yes trupthi they were relly easy, and it took no time to roll out these sweet parathas

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  13. Thanks Sireesha they were really wonderful..

    Yes Rajitha even i was surpised how soft and moist teh dough was, i could nt stop kneading the dough and i could say effortless...

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  14. Richa checked your sweet potato verison. i have some more.. i can try yours now!!

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  15. What an innovative paratha! Loved the color. Congrats on the award.

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  16. nice entries..pictures are superb..i am drooling looking at them..

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  17. That is new to me and very tempting too:) I am sure the kids will love this one!

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  18. looks so delicious nd temptin too

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  19. yeah, this is so mouth-watering indeed! Yummy.

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  20. pics looks beautiful..adding sweet potato is very nice idea

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  21. these sweet roties would have tasted delicious rt?...woo have to try it soon

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  22. What beautiful rotis, Kalva. I make a savory version of sweet-potato parathas, but I'd love to try these.

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  23. What a healthy treat to cook! These are so tempting to eat, they look really tasty.

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  24. nice pics..the sweet potatoes look delectable

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  25. Strawberries and sweet rotis! Very tempting. Simple and nice.

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  26. Anonymous12:55 PM

    i loved the idea of adding sweet potato to these rotis ... nice and simple recipe ... congrats on ur award! :)

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  27. Wow, paratha with sweet potato sounds nice !! Nice yummy pictures !!

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  28. I'm sure these were great! I'm a big fan of sweet potatoes and becoming a fan of parathas. They look scrumptious!

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  29. Sweet potato and coconut parathas is such a creative idea.

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  30. Sweet potatoes are one of my fav's... Sounds too yummy :)

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  31. lovely entry dear for the event

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  32. That looks gorgeous :-)

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  33. I like those mashed sweet potatoes..Look cute

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  34. I've never made rotis, so I don't know exactly how complicated they are (I do believe you), but these parathas are an enticing step in learning the ropes of Indian bread baking.

    Thanks for joining Pancakes on Parade, Kalva!

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