Category: Breads

Sesame Roti

Ingredients:

hard whole wheat flour
unbleached hard flour
sesame

Mix a cup of whole wheat flour and and a cup of white flour together in a bowl.
Grind a quarter cup of brown sesame seeds fairly finely in a hand grinder or a blender. Add to the blend of flours.
Add just enough tepid water too allow all the dry materials to be taken up as you mix firmly with a wooden spoon. When the mass begins to cohere and come away from the sides of the bowl take it up in your well-floured hands and knead thouroughly, folding and turning. Continue until the dough is smooth and elastic. Dust with flour and wrap in a plastic bag or saran. Allow to rest for half an hour if it is convenient.
Pinch the dough into halves, halve it again, and once again. Keep the rest of the dough covered while you work with each bread. Flatten a ball between your palms and roll out on a floured board until very thin.
Preheat a dry griddle or large iron frypan and slap a bread onto it. Turn down the heat a little. Bake until the roti puffs a bit and brown patches show on the bottom. Turn and press down the edges with a bunched cloth to ensure good contact with the pan. When the second side has brown spots, remove it to a clean cloth to hold while you bake the others or serve right out.

Notes:

In any event these are at their best served immediately.

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