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Indian Traditional Food
ROTI CANAI
Ingredients :
600 g plain wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup warm water or milk
1/2 cup ghee or margarine
1 egg
1 teaspoon sugar
Method :
- Sift the flour and salt together.
- Knead flour, egg, sugar and ghee with water/milk (a little at a time) good enough to make a moderately soft dough or easy to handle.
- Leave for 2-3 hours or overnight.
- Divide dough into 8 equal parts.
- Shape it into balls.
- Flatten each ball with a rolling pin and fold in 1/2 teaspoon ghee.
- Roll up dough and twist it into a coil. Pressing one open end onto the top.
- Roll it again as thin as possible into a round shape.
- Beginning at one of the open ends, roll up dough tightly and coil it again as before.
- Roll out dough slowly onto lightly floured surface (to ensure air is not forced out).
- Heat a pan.
- Bake individually over a moderate heat.
- Turn it over and spread a little ghee on it until both sides are golden brown.