Shahi Roti

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 150 ml water
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons ghee
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons ghee
• ghee (for shallow frying) or butter (for shallow frying)
• 3 tablespoons almond paste

Recipe

• 1 sieve flour and salt.
• 2 add water.
• 3 knead well to make a soft dough.
• 4 cover with a damp cloth.
• 5 keep aside for 30 minutes.
• 6 mix 4 tbsps.
• 7 butter
• 8 flour
• 9 beat well to make a paste.
• 10 knead the dough once again.
• 11 melt 2 tbsps.
• 12 butter
• 13 gradually pour it in the dough.
• 14 knead until the dough becomes very soft.
• 15 divide the dough into 6 parts.
• 16 roll each round into a thin large circle.
• 17 fold it into half.
• 18 spread a thin layer of the paste on the folded circle.
• 19 fold it once again into half, lengthways.
• 20 the circle will now look like a thin long strip.
• 21 shape into a spiral.
• 22 keeping the fold on the outer side, press and flatten to a ball.
• 23 now make into a 1/4" thick roti with your palms.
• 24 heat the griddle.
• 25 add a little butter or ghee.
• 26 shallow fry each roti separately.
• 27 serve hot.