Roti Jala - Lacy Pancakes

Lacy Pancake's one of my favourite when i was a lil girl till now! When i was lil i always wonder how do they make the pancakes look like that. Finally i had the opportunity to witness how a roti jala seller make a fresh batch of roti jala for the customers. I was amused by how that lil roti jala mold would be able to create such masterpiece. 

I never thought that one day i'll be makin my own lacy pancakes. Here's the list of ingredients you need to make this yummy lacy pancake. 

Lacy Pancake:

2 cups superfine flour
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt2 1/2 cups of coconut milk
pinch of tumeric powder

This dish is usually taken with curry; chicken, fish, beef or even mutton. For lunch, i prepared two types of curry - chicken curry with potatoes and vegetarian curry, the Aloo Gobi style.

For those who has been followin this blog, i'm sure by know you know my style of cookin, yes, thats right, i dont give out the precise unit of measurement of the ingredients i used cuz i have no idea the exact measurement of the ingredients i have on my dish. Whenever i prepare somethin its all bout intuition on how much to put and everythin is to taste.

Chicken Curry

* Whole bird of chicken cut into bite size
* Marinate with salt and pepper for 4 hours or so
* Fry it 

Seasoning:

* Water or chicken broth
* Candlenuts (ground)
* Star anise
* Sliced onions
* Tamarind Juice
* Chicken stock granules
* Ground garlic + shallots
* Thin & thick coconut milk
* Salt and sugar to taste
* Cinnamon Stick ( since i dont have it, i used cinnamon
   powder instead)
* Curry leaves ( only leaves used)
* Curry meat powder ( mix with water & make
   it into a paste) 

First, fry the chicken and set it aside. Next, to make the gravy, stir fry the grinded garlic+ shallots, curry leaves, star anise, cinnamon stick, sliced onions. Add in the curry paste and stir fry till fragrant before adding the tamarind juice. I added some sugar before adding in the tamarind juice. Add in the thin coconut milk when the oil breaks and keep stirring and lastly before you dish out, add the pounded candlenuts and thick coconut milk and let it simmer. If the gravy is too thick to your liking, add water. Add sugar and salt to taste.

 Vegetarian - Aloo Gobi

* onions
* potatoes (cut into cubes)
* cauliflower ( cut into florets)
* curry leaves
* green chillies (cut diagonally) 
* tomatoes ( cut into cubes)
* curry powder
* tomato sauce
* brown sugar
* water

Overall i was happy how the lacy pancakes tasted but i definitely need more practice with the mold! Which means i'll be preparin roti jala for the family again and this time i'm determined to make the strands more fine and also a richer and creamier kind of curry to go with it.