Kilangu Roti Recipe

Kilangu Roti Recipe

Ingredients

For Roti:

• ½ teaspoon dry yeast


• ¾ cup warm water


• 2 cups all purpose flour


• Pinch of salt

For Stuffing:

• ½ lb potatoes


• 1 tablespoon canola oil


• 1/8 teaspoon mustard seed


• ½ cup chopped onion


• 2 green chilies chopped


• ¼ cup green peas (thawed if frozen)


• ¼ teaspoon chili powder


• ¼ teaspoon cumin seeds


• Strand of curry leaves


• Salt to taste

Make the dough:

• Add yeast to a bowl and dissolve in warm water


• Let stand for a few minutes


• Mix flour and salt and add to the yeast mixture


• Stir with wooden spoon until smooth (you may have to use hand since it might be too sticky and tight to stir with a spoon)


• Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for about 3 minutes


• Shape the dough into a ball and add to the bowl and cover with a plastic wrap


• Leave in a warm place for about 15 minutes


• Uncover and knead again for about 5 minutes.


• Divide the dough into 4 portions and shape them into balls
  


• Lightly coat the balls with cooking spray and cover with a plastic wrap and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes Make the stuffing
  


• Boil potatoes with skin until ¾ done


• Drain and let cool.  Peel the skin off and chop them roughly into small pieces


• Heat a skillet with oil and add mustard seeds.


• When the mustard seeds start splattering, add onion and sauté until lightly golden


• Add green chili, cumin seeds and green peas and sauté for another 2 minutes.


• Add potatoes, chili powder, salt, and curry leaves and cook on low flame until potatoes are done and soft.  If needed sprinkle with water about 1 tablespoon at a time

Make the Roti:

• Working with one dough (ball) at a time, carefully flatten the dough on a board (I added a plastic wrap sheet to the board to prevent sticking.  Plastic wrap sheet works better than a floured board, also add a little bit of oil to hands)
  


• Add a spoonful of the curry mix in the middle of the flattened dough.
  


• Bring the edges together and seal it.  Now slowly flatten again and make sure the curry does not come out


• Spray a little oil to a skillet.  When the skillet becomes hot, add the rotis and cook on both sides until done