Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, pol roti / sri lankan flatbread. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pol Roti / Sri Lankan Flatbread is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Pol Roti / Sri Lankan Flatbread is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Sri Lankan Coconut rotti(pol roti, flatbread). coconut rotti, a rustic flatbread made up of flour, grated coconut with diced green chillies and onions for extra texture. Since the roti is made with flour and coconut the recipe is also vegan and vegetarian. You'll come across Sri Lankan rotti as a street food. Pol roti - a part of my Sri Lankan childhood.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pol roti / sri lankan flatbread using 5 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pol Roti / Sri Lankan Flatbread:
- Get 1 cup All purpose flour
- Get 1/2 cup grated fresh coconut
- Get 1 tsp salt or as per taste
- Make ready 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 2-3 tbsp coconut oil
Learn how to make the perfect pol roti that's soft on the inside and crispy on the outside. Pol Roti, or coconut flat bread is a very popular breakfast food in Srilanka. It is usually made with all purpose flour, to which coconut is added and made I could separate the roti into two layers like the arabic pita bread. So next time planning to do a fusion version replacing the pita bread with this one.
Steps to make Pol Roti / Sri Lankan Flatbread:
- In a mixing bowl add the seived flour, grated coconut, salt and mix them well together.
- Add water little at a time and Knead it to make a smooth dough.
- Cover the dough in a kitchen towel and set aside for few mins. You can opt this step if you are in a rush.
- Divide the dough into medium size and roll them into balls.
- Take the balls and slightly flatten them. Dust the balls with flour and roll them into medium thickness roti with a help of rolling pin.
- Heat a tawa preferably iron cast. Grease the tawa with few drops of oil and cook the roti for about 2 mins on low heat or until you see golden brown spots.
- Drizzle one or two drops of oil, flip over and cook for 1-2 mins and remove them.
- Serve the roti with pol sambol or curry of your choice.
It is usually made with all purpose flour, to which coconut is added and made I could separate the roti into two layers like the arabic pita bread. So next time planning to do a fusion version replacing the pita bread with this one. Put the roti on it in the middle of the pan. When one side is cooked, turn it and cook the other side until light brown specs appear on either side. This is not an Indian recipe this is a Sri Lankan recipe. "Pol" means coconut in sinhalese.
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