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Whilst in India its all we ate but I cna't get it as good here so decided to make some myself. Can someone tell me what ingredients is used in India as all recipes say wheat flour but that brings out chappattis and not rotis. We had white rotis in India and the rotis made with wheat flour are not so nice. Would strong bread flour work?
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I'm a bit confused. I was brought up on roti etc and I always thought that what I called a roti was what English people called a chapatti...
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I'm a bit confused. I was brought up on roti etc and I always thought that what I called a roti was what English people called a chapatti...
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Whilst in India its all we ate but I cna't get it as good here so decided to make some myself. Can someone tell me what ingredients is used in India as all recipes say wheat flour but that brings out chappattis and not rotis. We had white rotis in India and the rotis made with wheat flour are not so nice. Would strong bread flour work?
However,pop in to your local Asian grocer(if you have one),or online and just select white chapatti flour,rather than medium or wholemeal. Also some Asian communities also add ghee/butter/vegetable oil to the flour,when kneading to create softer rotis. |
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They sell chapatti flour in Tesco too.
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I'm a bit confused. I was brought up on roti etc and I always thought that what I called a roti was what English people called a chapatti...
I see from searching there's a couple of different types, tandoori roti seem to match the puffed up ones I remember - this recipe may help OP: http://showmethecurry.com/breads/tandoori-roti.html - please let me know if it works I'd love to have them again! |
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They sell chapatti flour in Tesco too.
i HAVE made the dough for tonight. One batch is plain flour the other batch is chappati flour - from Tesco. This is wholemeal flour and not so nice. Gonna try the oil/ ghee in it though. Think I might restart the dough tonight. Also can someone tell me are they mustard seeds or poppy seeds people put in them? Will try white chappatti flour though but before I can get that I'll try strong bread flour or is self raising ok? |
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Just caught up on this thread sorry.
i HAVE made the dough for tonight. One batch is plain flour the other batch is chappati flour - from Tesco. This is wholemeal flour and not so nice. Gonna try the oil/ ghee in it though. Think I might restart the dough tonight. Also can someone tell me are they mustard seeds or poppy seeds people put in them? Will try white chappatti flour though but before I can get that I'll try strong bread flour or is self raising ok? Both strong white flour and self raising flour are fine. |
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Both names are Hindi.
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For a normal roti/chappati, all you need in the dough is the flour and water. You then cook it to begin with on a 'thava' or you can use a dry frying pan, they are then traditionally finished off on a naked gas flame. If you add ghee etc whilst cooking, this is not a tradtional roti/chappati, this is more akin to a paratha.
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In the Netherlands and Surinam roti also refers to a dish of chapati served with a chicken curry, potatoes, hard boiled eggs and yardlong beans.
The actual roti is made with flour and ground yellow split peas (roti dalbharie) seasoned with cumin and chilli powder. It's a popular takeaway dish in The Netherlands. I regularly get home made roti, the dish, from Surinam people for helping them with legal and tax issues. I love roti. |
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I love Tandori Roti
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The roti with the oil in was much more like roti in Goa but the texture just isn't there. it doesn't feel bouncy and moist enough. And I am definitely needing it enough
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I love Tandori Roti
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when I was working over there we used to have paratha for breakfast, stuffed with potato and onion. served with yoghurt and lime pickle
excellent way to start the day, before we headed in to the office |
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you should try dosa's too
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Dosas are far too hard to make properly - the spreading of the batter. Never mastered it so just go round the corner and buy it for the equivalent of 50p and get lovely roti for about 6p (I live in India at the moment
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From what I have worked out, Roti is a chapatti done in a tandoor oven. A chapatti is made ona flat pan on a stove.
If you add oil/ ghee in the correct way you will end up with a parata. Like Jazzyjazzy I too live in India, unfortunately the maid does the cooking and I haven't mastered a thing of it yet ![]() Dosa's though are simply fantastic
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you should try dosa's too
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