Best Sweet Thai Roti Recipes

SWEET ROTI

Steps:

• Combine both flours, the sugar, salt, and 1 tablespoon of the oil in a bowl and stir with your hands to mix. With one hand, gradually add the water to the flour mixture while mixing everything together with the other hand, halting the addition of water when a shaggy ball of dough has formed that cleans the bottom and sides of the bowl. (Be sure not to use more than 3⁄4 cup water.)
• Divide the dough into four equal portions (a kitchen scale helps here), then form each portion into-this is crucial-a smooth, crack-free ball.
• Place the balls in a food storage container with a lid. Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons oil over the dough balls and flip them around so they are evenly coated with the oil. Cover the container and refrigerate for 48 hours. The dough needs to come to room temperature before it can be used.
• Put a roti dough ball in the middle of a large work surface, making sure it is surrounded by at least 6 inches of empty space on all sides. Using a rolling pin or the heel of your palm, flatten the dough into a 4-inch round of even thickness. Gently stretch the dough as thinly and as evenly as possible. The easiest way to do this is to pull from the center and work your way toward the edges, pressing the edges down against the work surface to secure the initial stretch, then stretching again until you have a large, paper-thin round (the edges will be slightly thicker than the middle, but as long as they are no more than 1⁄4 inch thick, don't sweat it). The round should be 15 to 18 inches in diameter. Leave the dough there for now.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the ghee in a 10-to 12-inch frying pan over medium heat. When the ghee is hot, quickly fold all four edges of the stretched dough toward the middle to form a roughly 5-inch square. Holding the square by the top corners, quickly lay it, seam side down, in the hot frying pan. Fry, pressing down the dough with a spatula as you go, until golden brown on the underside, about 2 minutes. Flip the square and fry, adding another 1 tablespoon of ghee to form a shallow pool of oil (not to keep the roti from sticking to the pan, but to ensure flakiness), until the second side is golden brown, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a plate, seam side up. Drizzle about 1 tablespoon or slightly more of the condensed milk evenly over the surface and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the sugar, then roll up the roti like a yoga mat. Repeat with the remaining dough, condensed milk, and sugar. Enjoy while still warm and crisp.

THAI PANCAKE - THAI ROTI

Steps:

• Watch the videos metioned in the recipe description.
• In a bowl, combine water, egg, condensed milk, sugar, and salt. Mix well. Set aside.
• Sift the flour into a large bowl, and form a crater in the sifted flour. Pour the water/egg mixture into the flour, and mix well. Add melted butter.
• Knead this until the bowl is clean and you have a nice ball of dough. Lightly coat the dough ball with vegetable oil (we like canola oil). Let it sit for 30 minutes.
• Next, knead your dough a bit more, and form it into several balls (dough for 8 small pancakes of 3 to 3 inches). Coat them with vegetable oil.
• Roll a ball of dough flat with a rolling pin, then cut from center out to edge. Roll it up. Push it in with your finger. Repeat this a few times.
• Now roll and stretch the dough ball into a very flat square sheet (8 to 8 inches), for this step coat it with a bit more oil, pick it up and place it on a hot (highest setting) pancake griddle that has melted margarine on it. You can use a skillet also, but we found that our electric pancake griddle works great. Note. this step is not easy, you will need some exercice to perform this step perfectly.
• Add chopped banana or your favorite filling in the middle. Wrap horizontally one side first, then opposite side. Then vertically one end, then opposite to that end and make a purse covering the filling. Flip and fry for another 30 seconds. It took about 1 minute to finish cooking.
• Cut into 9 pieces and if you like top with sugar or with sweetened condensed milk.
• Enjoy this recipe! It's a lot of fun, and very tasty.
• Note: I had cherries at home. I used them for filling using some cornstarch to make the juice thicker.

SWEET THAI ROTI

Steps:

• Sift the flour into a hill on a clean surface.
• Make a well in the middle and add in egg, melted butter, ice water and salt.
• Use your hand to incorporate the mixture into a dough. Knead until the dough is soft and form into balls about the size of a duck's egg.
• Roll lightly in oil and let rest for three hours.
• When you are ready to make the roti, roll each ball of dough as thin as it will go, forming a flat disk. Make a pile as you go.
• Warm frying pan at high heat. Add in oil. Place in the roti, flatten with heavy plate if it puffs up.
• Fry until light golden brown on both sides. Remove the roti from the pan, sprinkle with a little sugar and drizzle with the sweetened condensed milk.

ROTI

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix the flour, oil and salt with 3/4 cup lukewarm water. Knead directly in the bowl until smooth, about 5 minutes. If the dough starts to feel dry, add more water as needed, 1/2 tablespoon at a time. Divide the dough into 12 even balls, placing each ball back in the bowl. Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap. Let rest in a warm place for at least 30 minutes or up to 1 hour. The dough should be soft and spongy.
• Lightly dust your work surface with flour and pat a ball into a thick disk. Use a rolling pin to evenly roll it into a thin, 5-inch-wide disk, flipping and flouring as needed.
• Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Put the disk in the hot pan. When bubbles start to form and the roti starts to turn white, about 30 seconds, flip it over to cook the other side. It should be puffy in places and freckled brown. If you want to fully puff the roti, use tongs to gently place it directly on a low gas flame for about 2 to 3 seconds, then quickly remove it. Use the back of a spoon to lightly coat one side of the roti with ghee, if you like, or leave plain, then tuck into a clean dishcloth to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining dough.