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Roti Canai with Dhal Curry

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Roti Canai with Dhal Curry

Malaysian flaky flatbread served with a yellow lentil dhal curry — classic street food. Stretching and folding the dough into thin, oiled layers before cooking creates roti canai's signature flaky, pull-apart texture.

Total time
100 min
Prep
70 min
Cook
30 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Malaysian
comfortvegetarianbread

Ingredients

2 cupsall-purpose flour
1 tspsalt
½ cupwater
2 tbspcondensed milk
oilfor folding
1 cupred lentils
1 cancoconut milk
2 tspcurry powder
1onion, diced
2 clovesgarlic
1 cupvegetable broth

Instructions

1

Mix flour, salt, water, condensed milk into dough; rest 1 hour.

2

Oil hands; stretch and fold dough into layers; cook on griddle until flaky.

3

Dhal: sauté onion and garlic; add curry powder; add lentils, coconut milk, broth.

4

Simmer 25 min until lentils are soft. Serve roti with dhal.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
359
Protein
13.5g
Fat
3.2g
Carbs
69.4g
Fiber
7.4g
Sodium
720mg

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