Roti

This popular dessert deserved its own short entry. Roti vendors are usually seen after dark near night markets and bazaars. Tourists seem to all like them, so they are also common in other touristy areas. Oh, we've also noticed that Muslims seem to have a corner on the roti market. OK, on to the juicy (and buttery) details!

Most people that have eaten at an Indian restaurant know roti as a whole wheat, pan fried, flat bread. In Thailand, roti is not nearly as healthy. I've outlined the process of making the most "standard" type of roti below. We may post a video later.

Step 1: The vendor puts some oil in the very flat wok used to cook the roti.

Step 2: He grabs a ball of dough that has been soaking in oil and makes the dough into a very thin pancake with some fancy flicks of the wrist. He then trows this on the wok.

Step 3: A banana gets sliced up and mixed up with an egg. Then this filling gets poured on top of the sizzling pancake.


Step 4: He folds up the pancake into a square packet and flips it to cook on the other side. At this point about a Tbsp of yellow butter gets thrown in the wok.


Step 5: Once the roti is cooked it gets cut into squares and topped with sugar and sweetened condensed milk, and sometimes even chocolate.


Step 6: Eat!


Oil, butter, egg, sugar, and condensed milk! This snack is not to be eaten alone unless you plan for it to be a meal. Lyndsay and I are usually finished off for the night after sharing one.