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Roti Prata | Cooking Adventures

Hubby loves roti prata so I decided to attempt at making it for him:)

Decided to make a curry with dhal, cauliflower, potato and home-grown kale to go with it.

roti prata and vegetable dahl curry.
roti prata and vegetable dahl curry

Enjoy,
Grace-yi

Please scroll down or click “continue reading” for the recipe.

Roti Prata

Ingredients 
  • 450 g Plain Flour
  • 2 pinches Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1  [50 g] Egg
  • 100 g Milk
  • 130 g Water
  • 2 Tbsp Neutral Flavoured oil
 Directions:
  1. Pour in dry ingredients into the mixing bowl
  • 450 g Plain Flour
  • 2 pinches Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 Tbsp Sugar

2) Followed by wet ingredients

  • 1  [50 g] Egg
  • 100 g Milk
  • 130 g Water
  • 2 Tbsp Neutral Flavoured oil

3) Mix using dough hook for 4 – 5 mins till a dough forms

4) Place dough in a greased bowl, cover fully with a damp tea towel for 30 mins

Roti dough rolled and resting
Roti dough rolled and resting

 

5) Form the dough into equally sized round portions [about 60 g] and cover with a damp towel for 30 mins

6) Lightly grease your palm and flatten each dough ball

1st attempt at tossing the prata
1st attempt at tossing the prata

7) Flip the prata, rotate each time you flip to stretch out your dough in a thin layer

OR

Just stretch the dough out until it becomes a thing layer

8) Gather the dough lengthwise and coil it into a spiral shape tucking it into the middle neatly

9) Cover with a wet towel and let it rest for 30 mins

spread out and rolled to create layers
spread out and rolled to create layers

10) Flatten the dough with your fingertips to prepare it for frying

roti prata being cooked
roti prata being cooked

11) Lightly grease a pan and fry it on medium-high heat, flipping constantly

12) Fry till it’s crispy and golden brown

13) Give it a little fluff to release the layers

roti prata and vegetable dahl curry.
Home made roti prata and vegetable dahl curry with home-grown kale and curry leaves
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