Recipe - Roti (Dhal Pourie)

1 pound Flour
3 teaspoon Baking powder
1 pn Salt
One half teaspoon Tumeric
One half pound Split peas
3 Cloves garlic
2 (up to)
3 teaspoon Ground cumin

From: praim@sfu.ca (Praim Sankar)

Date: 11 Aug 1994 16:55:27 0400
1. Boil split peas with tumeric, salt and garlic. Do NOT allow to get too
soft. Firm but soft enough to flatten with your fingers.

2. Pass through a grinding mill. Make sure there NO whole grains left or
these will busrt the roti later.

3. Add geera and salt to taste. Cool.

4. Knead flour with baking powder and a pinch of salt, to a soft dough. Rub
oil over dough and leave to rest. About an hour should do.

5. Cut dough in to 68 pieces.

6. Shape into balls and leave to rest for 15 mins.

7. Flatten the ball in your hand and place about about 3 tsps. of the peas
then make into a ball again.

8. Heat the baking stone or griddle to no more than medium heat and brush a
little vegetable oil on it.

9. Roll out the dough into 8" circles.

10. Place the roti on the stone and brush with some of the veg. oil. when
its starting to brown turn it over and brush again.

11. When the other side is starting to brown it should start to swell.

12. All done . Enjoy with any curry.

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