Vegetable Roti
2013-01-17- Cuisine: Sri Lankan
- Course: Snack
- Skill Level: Intermediate
- Yield : 8
- Servings : 6
- Prep Time : 1m
- Cook Time : 1m
- Ready In : 30m
This Vegetable Roti is an imported food from south India where this type of Roti made of wheat flour and is known as ‘Elawalu Roti’ in Sri Lanka . In those days this was available mostly in Indian restaurants or eating houses but now it is widely available and is a common dish in all over Sri Lanka.
This is a food that can be eaten at breakfast, lunch or dinner and even as a snack. In Sri Lanka this is served at 24 hours a day and is also a favorite midnight snack. It is also consumed as an appetizer in Indian and Sri Lanakan restaurants.
There is another very similar dish – Parotta from India which will be discussed later.
This is composed of flour, water and fat of some kind, usually ghee or clarified butter or vegetable oil
Ingredients
- 1 kg Flour
- 1 no Egg
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Ghee/butter of oil
- Water as needed
- 400 g potatoes
- 100 g leeks
- 1 small carrots
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 green chilli
- onion and garlic chopped
- salt and pepper
Method
Step 1
Combine flour, salt. Add enough water to make the dough. The dough should not be wet. Make into golf ball size balls and dip in vegetable oil. The balls must be completely covered in oil. Allow it for 2 hours to be soaked.
Step 2
filling boil the potatoes and smash it, keep it a side
Step 3
cut carrot and leeks in to thin strips.
Step 4
heat the oil add onion and garlic, saute for a while,add in green chillies and cumin seeds and mixed it well. Add in chilli pieces and some curry powder is optional. Add in smashed potatoes.
Step 5
finish with salt and pepper,
Step 6
keep it a side and allow to cool..
Step 7
dough balls must be soaked in oil for 2 hours before the next step
Step 8
Role the dough in to thin sheet, keep the paste on the middle of the thin dough sheet
Step 9
and fold from each sides to make a square shape
Step 10
heat the pan in to a medium heat. Grill all sides as shown in the picture. . Ready to serve in 2 minutes time.
Average Member Rating
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27 people rated this recipe
posted by Rasika Alahapperuma on February 4, 2013
like
posted by MPK on February 15, 2013
ummm… just made the dough… cant wait 2h :..(
posted by Gail Forbes Miles on February 17, 2013
This was awesome…. mmmmmm
posted by Rosi Schwinner on March 1, 2013
good , I like it thanks.
posted by Inoka Jayasena on September 6, 2013
good
posted by Randunu Kulasekara on October 12, 2013
What happened for an egg?
posted by saman Balasuriya on March 25, 2014
how many vegetable rotti can be prepare from 01kg of wheat flour. PLS e mail to me
REG saman
posted by Ahamed Nazeer on November 8, 2015
Thanks. going to try this. Am 67 yrs and what is good for night
posted by Thakshila Ruwani Jayarathna on April 19, 2016
Thanks
posted by Sumanalathaa Wickramasigha on June 15, 2016
apita godak vatina va thank you