Roti Canai
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 600 g plain flour
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 cup warm water
- sugar
- ghee
directions
- Mix salt with flour and sieve into a bowl
- Add sugar if necessary
- Add water and knead into dough no longer sticks to hand
- Knead till it feels 'elastic'
- Divide into 8 portion, return to bowl, brush it with ghee and cover with damp cloth leaving for 1/2 hour
- Take 1 portion, spread a little ghee on top and flatten with hands
- Pick up flattened dough by the edges and swirl in circular motion until dough thins out
- Fold dough to form a square and flatten out again
- Repeat process to trap air in layers of dough
- Flatten once again and fry on heated flat pan or iron griddle till cooked
- Remove and serve hot with dhal or any curry of your choice (see also Chicken Curry, Mutton Kurma, Beef Rendang).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Wendy's Kitchen
Australia
Working mother living in beautiful Sydney, Australia.