*Note: this recipe may be converted to vegan by using vegan margarine in place of butter, or by omitting the butter.
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Time to prepare: 25 mins
Time to cook: 05 mins
Dietary requirements: Egg-free, Halal, Kosher, Vegan (with substitutions)
Ingredients
- 500 grams chapatti flour
- Cold water
- Optional: butter or *vegan margarine, to glaze
Instructions
To make atta dough:
- Place the flour in a large bowl and make a well in the centre.
- Slowly add the cold water to make a stiffish dough.
- Knead the dough in the bowl by clenching your fists and pressing into the dough.
- Turn the dough round in the bowl and repeat kneading.
- Roll the dough over and fold into it and repeat for five minutes until smooth.
- Shape into a ball and leave to rest for 10–15 minutes.
To make a roti:
- Heat the tava/heavy frying pan on medium heat.
- Dust your hands with chapatti flour; take a ball of dough, the size of tangerine.
- Dab into a plate of flour and place in the palm of your hand.
- Lift up a corner of the dough and press into the centre.
- Turn the ball around on the palm of your hand and repeat step 4.
- Shape into a thick pancake.
- Dust with flour and roll out with a rolling pin to a size of a tea plate.
- Place on the tava or frying pan.
- When it turns beige, flip it over and then take a rolled up tea towel and gently press the roti all over, to cook the edges.
- Flip over and do the same.
- Remove from the tava place on a tea towel to keep warm.
- (Optional: Glaze with butter or margarine, either clarified or straight from the pack.)
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