Coconut roti
Cooking time: 10 min. / 4 min.Difficulty: easy
When I saw aunties from my Sri Lanka family chewing bits of some pancake looking like a pita bread, I thought they do not have money for a proper food. I was so wrong again. First they were cooking so many kinds of such an amazing curry every day and when I tried coconut roti, I didn't want anything else for my breakfast. The smell of fire and coconut ..... mmmm.... and it was so crispy. Coconut rotis are pancakes made of mix of fresh grated coconut and flour. Usually served with dhal (lentils) or with palm syrup or jam and butter.
Process
Grate coconut, mix with salt. Add flour and mix properly. Add water bit by bit and handle the dough properly until it is dense and smooth.
On a smooth board gently powdered by flour roll round pancakes about 0,5cm thick and bake on a modest fire without any oil. About 2-3 mins from each side until it gets brownish.
Serve with dhal or palm syrup (could be replaced by mapple syrup or honey) or simply with butter and jam or just with anything you would use bread with.
To buy a coconut scraper US, UK, Europe
Video recipe
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Ingredients
Ingredience for 4 pancakes:
- 2 cups of plain wheat flour
- 1 and 1/2 of fresh grated coconut
- pinch of salt
- water
Authentic tools needed:
- coconut scraper
- flat roti pan