Roti Canai Recipe

Steps To Prepare

• STEP 1.Keep the flour and other ingredients needed for the dough handy.

Cooking Directions

• STEP 1.Add flour, salt, sugar and ¼ cup ghee in a bowl. Add egg, milk and water and knead the dough.
• STEP 2.Make balls of the dough and coat each ball with 1 tsp of ghee. Cover it and keep it for 6 hours.
• STEP 3.Clean the surface and coat it with 2 tbsp ghee. Apply some ghee on the palms while doing this step.
• STEP 4.Stretch the dough into a sheet and apply some ghee in the center.
• STEP 5.Now put a dough ball in the centre and press with the palm to flatten it into a 6 inch disc which is less than ¼ inch thick. Keep it slightly thinner around the edges.
• STEP 6.Pull and stretch it from the centre, outwards, in a way that the dough is paper thin. By moving around the perimeter of dough with fingers and thumbs, pull the thicker edges to make them thin.
• STEP 7.Make sure to pull outwards to make the dough thin. Keep going until a paper thin sheet is achieved, of about 2 feet in diameter.
• STEP 8.Now with hands, fold a quarter of dough over itself, reaching the middle part of the sheet. Refold it to meet the top edge.
• STEP 9.Repeat with the other side to make a square multi-layered dough.
• STEP 10.Heat a tawa over gas.
• STEP 11.Drizzle some ghee on the tawa and place the roti. Cook slowly for over 3-4 mins on each side.
• STEP 12.Cook until each side is golden brown.
• STEP 13.Transfer the roti to the counter top and start slapping the bread together, in between the hands to remove the layers.

Storage And Serving Method

• STEP 1.Serve hot with curry sauce or sugar.