India

Kerala Parotta

Name: Kerala Parotta
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 6 pieces
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 400 g White flour (maida); 1 Egg; some of each Sugar & salt; plenty Oil; as needed Warm water

Flaky layered bread from South India

Kerala parotta is a flaky, many-layered white flour bread from South India.

The dough is pulled paper-thin, pleated and twisted into a spiral so that many layers form when fried.

Servings6 pieces

Time90 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

White flour (maida)400 g
Egg1
Sugar & saltsome of each
Oilplenty
Warm wateras needed

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Knead flour with egg, sugar, salt and water into a supple dough.
Rest long and divide into balls.
Pull each ball paper-thin and oil it.
Pleat and twist into a spiral.
Flatten and fry golden on the griddle.

Make it original

Maida flour is in the Asia Boutique.

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