Roti (Indian flat bread)

taunto · September 2012

Copy/Pasting from my cooking blog ( http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/taunto )where I share authentic Indian/Pakistani/Arabic recipes. Most of the recipes are handed down to me by Late mother, my sister or my sister in law. Hope you enjoy it!

This is the method I use for making flat bread at home. This is how we make bread. Its healthier, cheaper and more fresh. I have tried my best to describe how to make it.

2 cups of wheat flour (NOT all purpose flour). Add a pinch (or 2) of salt. Add little luke warm water to mix the flour. Mix it well. Little water goes a long ways. Mix the dough till its looking like those pizza dough balls you see on TV except this will be light brown in color.

Use some flour on the counter. Take a small piece of the dough you got in your hand and make it into a small ball. Dab some flour on it, use a rolling pin to stretch out the ball as thin as possible. Make sure to use dry flour on the dough often so it doesn't stick to the surface (and later to the pan)

On a dry, already heated frying pan, put the flat dough. Let it sit for about a minute (guesstimate, might be less or more). You're going for the color change in the bread. Once you see that the one side is cooked and see some black spots on it, turn it over, do the same to the other side except this time it should be lesser time. Toss the bread on to an open flame for 5 seconds each side so it has a bit of a burn on it.

Enjoy