MYbedstory: do you eat (roti canai)

Roti means bread in Hindi, Urdu, most other North Indian languages, and Malay. The term "canai" derives either from:

• Chennai, a city in India which is formerly known as Madras. Roti canai is presumed to have been introduced by immigrant labour from the Madras region where a similar combination of parotta and dalcha - the accompanying lentil curry - is served. ^[1]
• "Channa", a mixture of boiled chickpeas in a spicy gravy from Northern India which it was traditionally served with. However, the roti in Northern India is different from that served in Malaysia. It is more similar to the South Indian parotta which is claimed to be adopted from the Singaporean roti paratha. Roti canai is exactly the same as the roti paratta. In fact, many of the roti paratta makers are Malaysians. In addition, roti canai is served with dhal or lentils curry rather than chickpeas. Hence this is also moot.

The word 'canai' in Malay means 'to knead'. Roti canai is circular and flat. There are two ways to make roti canai that is either to twirl it until the dough becomes a very thin sheet and then folded into a circular shape or to spread out the dough as thinly as possible before being folded. Then the folded dough is grilled with oil. The first method is more popular and faster than the second. The term 'roti paratha' in Malay mean 'plate bread'.

In English, roti canai is sometimes referred to as "flying bread," a term that evokes the process of tossing and spinning by which it is made.

need recipe? ---> flying bread

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