Roti (Flatbread)
Embedded in the local food culture, rotis have been puffing on the Mauritian tawas for decades. It is also a popular street food and accompanied by various fillings.
Recipe Ingredients
- 4 Cups plain flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp milk powder
- 1-2 tbsp cooking oil (plus extra for coating dough and cooking on tawa)
- Warm water, added gradually
Instructions
- 1
Mix salt into the plain flour.
- 2
Add milk powder and mix the dry ingredients by hand.
- 3
Add cooking oil and mix it into the flour by hand.
- 4
Gradually add warm water and mix until a dough forms.
- 5
Knead the dough until it becomes soft and pliable.
- 6
Divide the dough into small, equal-sized balls.
- 7
Dust the rolling board with flour and flatten a dough ball.
- 8
Roll the ball into a flat round circle and spread cooking oil over it.
- 9
Fold the edges inward to shape the dough into a square.
- 10
Roll the square dough again into a flat, thin square.
- 11
Heat the tawa (flat disc pan).
- 12
Place the rolled roti on the hot tawa and let it cook on one side.
- 13
Flip the roti and apply oil on the cooked side.
- 14
Flip again and apply oil on the other side.
- 15
Remove the roti once brown spots appear on both sides.
- 16
Serve hot with tea or curry.
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