The actual menebar was not so hard although i struggled to get the right swinging motion. Thanks to the many teacher eager to show their own skill. In the end, my first roti canai was simply delicious! (my standard la..angkat bakul sikit..hehehe). So now I am all set to learn to make "kuah dalca" next to couple with the roti canai.
The recipe from mamafami are as follows:
Ingredient
1 cup of flour
1 cup of warm water
2 tblspn of sweetened condensed milk
1 tblspn of Planta
1 egg
1 level teaspn of salt
2 tblsspn of ghee
Lots of cooking oil
Method:
First stage: making the Dough
1) Mixed the salt+condensed milk+warm water and stir well
2) Pour flour in a container suitable for kneading and mixed the egg and planta
3) Mixed the water mixture (1) bit by bit while kneading
4) Knead for 10 minutes and break for 10 minutes, repeat for 3 sets.5) Cover the dough with damp cloth in between break
6) Prepare a plate glazed with ghee
7) Make 10-12 perfectly round balls from the dough and glazed it with ghee
8) Cover the dough balls and keep it for 8 hours. Keep in fridge also can.Second stage: Menebar
1) Prepare a flat clean surface for menebar and oiled it up
2) Flatten the dough to palm size
3) Menebar i.e. : Pizza swinging action style. Optional: Pull each corner until it is flat on the table
4) Fold into square, serving size.
Option add egg before folding to make Roti Telur
5) Placed on hot plate. Sprinkle with oil and fry!
Caveat (from lesson learn by others):
1) Mixture of ingredient during first stage should be exact
2) Don't over knead.
3) Don't leave dough expose to air..dry dough make poor texture
4) When preparing the ball (item7) make sure its perfectly round and smooth, so it wont tear during menebar.
5) There are a few method on how to fold so that it become soft and not too crispy during frying. Best is to check out how mamak do it.. It could look like the below picture. Left one being failed experiment.
Jadilah, my project roti canai although i need a couple more practice run to get the right feel and taste. Next: Learn to make kuah dalca to go with roti canai. Ultimate goal is to quit 8-5 work and start a stall..hahaha..
6 comments:
I have always failed at roti canai, probably because I tried substituting the ingredients with healthy ones. Like using canola oil and table magarine. The result is often not as soft and oily like the mamak's, but it's better for the heart. yes, always blame it on the ingredients never the cook! LOL
Thanks for dropping by,
Yes, I agree with you. To enjoy roti canai sedap ala mamak, one has to sacrifice one health.
Tons of oil and is used to make it crispy and easy to toss.
But personally I think, its the art of tossing or menebar distinguished a good roti canai.
HEY! i absolutely adore u, man. sharing is caring! and u shared the roti recepi with us! plus tricks and tips too! U r absolutely WONDERFUL dude! hehe! thank u, a very big thank you to u ya!
Xiangling :)
I think the original mamafami recipe called for 3 cups of flour. I made the mistake of using your transcription first, before double-checking and ended up with paste. Maybe next time...
What is Planta? I really want to try this recipe - somehow I thought the dough should not contain egg but I guess I could be wrong. I've been researching this all over the web and there are a lot of different versions. Someone who made this recipe should describe the texture of this to us!
Your roti canai looks sedaaap. But are you sure you only used 1 cup of flour to all that fluid? I haven't tried but I'm guessing there's not enough flour to make dough here. Thanks for the tips! I'll cont my search for the perfect prata recipe...punya laaaaa seksa!
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