GUYANESE ROTI (PARATHA)

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Categories     Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough     Pastry

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 lb (4 cups) flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1½ oz ghee, margarine or butter
1¾ cups water

Steps:

  • * Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together. * Add enough water to form a smooth soft dough. * Knead well and leave ½ hour covered with a damp cloth. * Flour a [cutting] board and roll out the dough to 8" or 9" diameter, then spread with ghee and sprinkle with flour. * Cut the dough from the centre to the edge, roll tightly into a cone shape, press peak into centre of cone, then flatten. Leave again for 30 min. * Cut the dough into 16 pieces, and for each, sprinkle flour on the board and roll out very thin with rolling pin. * Bake on a moderately hot bake stone (tawah), coating the dough with oil on both sides as it cooks. * Turn on both sides and cook for about 1½ minutes on each side. * Remove from baking stone and hit wooden palette until flaky or wrap in clean cloth and mash up.

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