Roti Canai

Roti Canai is a very popular bread delicacy in Malaysia. The word “roti” actually means bread in Malay while the word “canai” means spreading out which is the way the delicacy is being prepared. It is actually a kind of dough made using fat, egg, flour and water. This mixture is then kneaded, oiled and folded repeatedly before being left for a certain amount of time. Next, the dough will be fried with bit of oil on a flat frying pan. The finished product is bread which is flat and fluffy on the inside but crispy on the outside. It will then be served with spicy gravy such as dal or curry. Besides the traditional roti canai, there are also other types of roti which uses additional ingredients on top of those used for preparing roti canai such as roti telur (egg), roti tisu (tissue bread, which is very thin and normally filled with a thin layer of sugar and condensed milk), roti bawang (onion bread), roti cheese, roti pisang (banana bread), roti planta (contains margarine), etc. You can easily find these roti delicacies in most mamak stalls, Indian and Malay food outlets