In Singapore roti prata is offered at nearly each meals centre, very cheaply obtainable at about $1 a chunk. I’ve cherished these ever since I used to be a child and it is one thing I’ve missed so much since shifting away.
Conceptually they’re simple to make. White flour is blended with salt and water, rested, then stretched considerably acrobatically, oiled with ghee, folded into an envelope (or twisted and spiralled) and fried on a scorching pan with extra ghee.
For the beginner at dwelling, the issue is figuring out how moist the dough ought to really feel earlier than it’s rested (and the way lengthy it’s rested) in order to have one of the best stability between rigidity and provides in the course of the stretching stage.
This time I obtained actually shut by way of style and texture and solely as a result of issues obtained a bit of haywire. I made a 55% hydration dough with my all-purpose 11g protein white flour (additionally added salt) and supposed to let this relaxation for about 15 hours or so earlier than making them. Nonetheless issues obtained in the way in which and it turned 30 hours!
After 30 hours, the dough was extraordinarily slack, however may nonetheless be stretched very effectively with out tearing.
Actually the stretching was easy as a result of the dough was so relaxed. After stretching, I drizzled some ghee throughout, folded it up like an envelope, then fried it on the pan with a bit of ghee.
Style-wise this was spot-on: undoubtedly the closest that I’ve gotten to what they promote again dwelling. The lengthy relaxation undoubtedly contributed to this, and I used to be fortunate that temperatures didn’t soar within the kitchen.
More than happy to have stretched (lol) this to the boundaries. We had this with a easy hen tomato curry: onion-garlic-ginger blended right into a paste, then sauteed with cardamom, cloves, fennel seeds, cumin, floor coriander seeds, turmeric, chilli, then boiled with tomatoes, sauteed hen items, potato and curry leaves. The kiddos had their pratas plain with sugar as a deal with!
