Rotis

Finally! We've been trying to find a real recipe for Rotis for quite some time so Jeremy was pretty skeptical when I suggested this recipe. Once he took one bite, though, he smiled and said "it's a roti!":) These are sold all over Thailand by street vendors but they are originally from India. I'm not sure if it's one of those things where you have to try them in Thailand first to appreciate their deliciousness, but really you can't go wrong any time sweetened condensed milk and sugar is involved right?

Banana Rotis

Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup water
1 egg
1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter, melted

Method
In a bowl, combine water, egg, condensed milk, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Set aside.

Sift the flour into a large bowl, and form a crater in the sifted flour. Pour the water/egg mixture into the flour, and mix well. Add melted butter. Knead this until the bowl is clean and you have a nice ball of dough. Lightly coat the dough ball with vegetable oil. Let it sit for about 30 minutes.

Next, knead your dough a bit more, and form it into several balls (about the size of a golf ball). Coat them with vegetable oil.

Roll a ball of dough flat with a rolling pin and tie it in a knot and set aside.

Now roll the dough ball into a very flat square sheet (the thin dough is important for the rotis to cook all the way through) and place it on a hot (highest setting) pancake griddle that has melted butter on it.

(I poured a bit of oil directly onto my cutting board and that helped me get the dough to a really thin sheet without ripping it).

Add banana slices to the middle of the uncooked dough and then fold edges over to seal. After a minute or two flip it over and cook until sides are a bit darker than golden brown.


Once roti is cooked, drizzle with sweetened condensed milk and sprinkle with sugar. Slice into bite size pieces.

Thanks for letting me know about the website with the recipe Becky!:)