Roti Canai 印度煎饼

Roti Canai is a popular breakfast or snack dish in Malaysia. It is an Indian-influenced flatbread dish usually served with dal (usually lentils) or other types of curry. The word "roti" means bread in the Malay language, and the word "canai" has a disputed origin as many believed the word derived from Chennai, the Indian city formerly known as Madras.


In Southern Malaysia, the dish is known as Roti Prata (similar to the Hindi word "Paratha", which means "flat"). In Chinese, it has a more interesting name - Flying bread, due to the skill performed by the chef, tossing and spinning the flat dough in the air while preparing the dish.


And that brings back to the reason of this blog today. I had Roti Canai for breakfast this morning :)


The preparation was simply by frying some frozen Paratha which I bought from the Indian grocery store, and boiled some lentils with water, curry powder and some spinach.


Let me share some pictures of my Roti Canai to you all!


Roti Canai是在马来西亚非常受当地人欢迎的早餐或小吃。 它一种印度煎饼，一般都是和dal（扁豆）或是其他的咖喱来搭配。 “roti”在马来语代表面包，而“canai”这个词的起源多少还是有一些争议的，因为许多人认为这个词来自印度的一个城市，前身为马德拉斯。


在马来西亚南部，这道菜被称为Roti Prata（类似于印地语“Paratha”，可解释为“扁”）。 在华人圈里，它也叫"飞饼"，非常有趣，原因是厨师在准备这道小吃时，会把面团在桌上压扁，再甩在空中，试图把它弄得又大又薄。


讲了这么多，就想跟你们说我今早吃了Roti Canai :)


其实非常简单，我只是从印度超市买了一包冷冻的印度煎饼，用中火煎2分钟就好了。Dal 的煮法也非常简易，把扁豆用开水煮熟，再放一些咖喱粉和菠菜碎就成了。


让我分享一下我的Roti Canai的照片给你们吧！


1. My breakfast 早餐

2. From the Indian grocery store 从印度超市购买的




3. Making Roti Canai (Flying Pancake) 制作飞饼

4. Comic 漫画