Coconut roti

Name: Coconut roti
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Makes 12 × 20 cm (8 inch) roti
Ingredients: 1 egg, beaten; vegetable oil, for frying; 30 g (1 oz) spring onions, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons fresh coriander, finely chopped; ½ teaspoon chilli powder; 30 g (1 oz) butter, melted; 90 g (3 oz) desiccated coconut; 2 teaspoons salt; 250 g (8 oz) fine rice flour; 250 g (8 oz) self-raising flour

Preparation info

Makes
12 × 20 cm
roti

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 55

Appears in

Bread

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 2000

About

A delicious and subtly flavoured flatbread, roti are rolled out on banana leaves in Sri Lanka and can be either sweet or savoury.

Ingredients

250 g (8 oz) fine rice flour
250 g (8

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

In a large mixing bowl, combine the rice and self-raising flours, desiccated coconut, salt, chilli powder and some black pepper. Place the melted butter in a small bowl and stir in the spring onions and coriander until they are well coated with butter, then add this to the flour mixture. Using a round-bladed knife, evenly distribute the butter mixture through the flour a