Roti canai (pronounced "chanai," not "kanai") is a type of flatbread found in Malaysia, often sold in Mamak stalls. It is known as roti prata in Southern Malaysia and Singapore, and is similar to the Indian Kerala porotta.
Roti means bread in Hindi, Urdu, most other North Indian languages, and Malay. The term "canai" derives either from:
Roti canai is circular and flat. There are two ways to make roti canai that is either to twirl it until the do...
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Roti canai (pronounced "chanai," not "kanai") is a type of flatbread found in Malaysia, often sold in Mamak stalls. It is known as roti prata in Southern Malaysia and Singapore, and is similar to the Indian Kerala porotta.
Roti means bread in Hindi, Urdu, most other North Indian languages, and Malay. The term "canai" derives either from:
Roti canai is circular and flat. There are two ways to make roti canai that is either to twirl it until the dough becomes a very thin sheet and then folded into a circular shape or to spread out the dough as thinly as possible before being folded. Then the folded dough is grilled with oil. The first method is more popular and faster than the second. The term 'roti paratha' in Malay means 'plate bread'.
In English and in Chinese, roti canai is sometimes referred to as "flying bread" (飞饼), a term that evokes the process of tossing and spinning by which it is made.
The dish is composed of dough containing copious amounts of fat, egg, flour and water ...
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