Trini Indian Things

ROTI

You requested it so here goes…..Pepper Roti is everyone’s favourite even if it means putting no pepper in it like me. Hope you enjoy it!!!

For Roti
3 cups flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. butter

For pepper filling
4 hot peppers
2 cups grated potato
1 cup grated carrot
40 leaves chadon beni
10 cloves garlic
1/4 onion, chopped
2 cups grated cheese
salt to taste
2 pimento peppers, chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

1.      Grate and wash the potato. Chop and blend the hot peppers, pimento peppers, chadon beni, garlic, onion and carrot. Add salt to taste. Add the potato, then the cheese, and mix together. Set aside.

2.    Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and water into a dough. Divide the dough into 2, coat with oil and leave to rest for 1 hour.

3.    Afterward, open out the dough spread 1 tbsp. of butter. Sprinkle flour. Make a cut from the centre and roll into a cone. Press the peak and flatten the centre of the cone. Leave to rest for 15 minutes.

4.    Roll out both balls with a bailna. Heat the tawa then lower the fire and spread one roti. Spread the pepper mixture then place the other roti over it and press right around.

5.    Spread a little oil over the surface. Turn over carefully using a dabla. Spread some more oil over the surface. Let cook for a few minutes; then cut into pieces and serve.

You can add anything you want…be it shrimp, chicken, any vegetables. It would just add flavour to it.