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Roti Canai

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Roti Canai

Flaky, layered Malaysian flatbread served with curry dipping sauce — stretching the dough as thin as it will go before folding it into layers is what creates roti canai's signature flakiness.

Total time
70 min
Prep
60 min
Cook
10 min
Difficulty
hard
Cuisine
Malaysian
vegetarian

Ingredients

3 cupsflour
1/2 cupghee or butter
1.5 cupscurry dipping sauce

Instructions

1

Knead a soft dough with the flour and ghee until smooth and elastic.

2

Rest for at least 1 hour, covered.

3

Stretch the dough as thin as possible without tearing, fold it into layers, then pan-fry until crisp and golden with visible flaky layers.

4

Serve hot with the curry sauce for dipping.

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