Cape Malay flaky Roti

Breakfast and Tea-Time Treats__Recipes

Courtesy Fadela Abderouf

Ingredients

5 cups(250ml) cake flour

250g butter or margarine

2 cups cold or luke warm water

Salt to taste

In a bowl add

Flour, salt and water

Knead into a soft dough

Leave aside for 20 minutes

After 20 minutes

Make 10 equal balls

Roll out thin size of a side plate

Spread butter on equally all over rolled out dough

Roll upwards from bottom into long sausage shape

When all is done set aside for ten minutes

Take one at a time

Stretch it out long without

Breaking the sausage shape

Roll the left end inwards to the middle

Then the right end outwards until it forms a s-shape

Put on top of each other

Refrigerate for 15 min

Roll out and fry until golden brown on both sides Enjoy!!!

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1 Comment

Charmaine on 18 May 2024 at 10:42 pm

Thanks for these stunning Recipes which I will gladly enjoy