Making A Roti

[SkunkedAgain]

Does anyone here make their own caribbean roti recipes? It's been a few years since my wife isn't a curry fan like me, but I used to make them all of the time. For those not in the know, it's essentially a burrito consisting of curry sauce, potatoes, rice, and a meat (beef, chicken, pork, seafood). Then you can add in other stuff such as chick peas, peppers, vegetables, etc. I ate them on a caribbean island decades ago, tried one at Harry Singh's in Uptown, back in the 1990s, and have made them at home every since. Fantastic stuff. I'd like to see if anyone else has a good recipe as I'm getting the urge to make them again.

 

[reinhard1]

I haven't made one ever Skunked, thanks for the idea.  Do you have a general recipe?  good luck.

[bobberineyes]

Ya I'm one that falls in the "not in the know " of this gem.  I'll usually do beef or pork when it comes to home made something close to this but the seafood I have to try....we need to know how skunked. 

[Boar]

no clue here, but that looks awsome. see this is the stuff Id like to see at our summer gathering. variety with a twist.

[SkunkedAgain]

Sorry - I forgot that I posted this thread. Here is my old recipe but unfortunately I never took any pictures back then. I found my roti recipe in an old MS Word document on my computer:

ROTI OF THE GODS - SERVES 4 HUNGRY PEOPLE OR 2 FAT PEOPLE

INGREDIENTS:

¼ cup + 2 Tbs olive oil

4 Tbs flour

4 Tbs curry powder   (yellow curry is mild compared to green-looking curry; yellow has more tumeric)

¼ tsp ground hot pepper

¼ tsp ground black pepper

2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp celery seed

1 tsp ginger

1 small onion, chopped into pieces

5 cloves garlic, minced or crushed

2-4 medium sized potatoes, washed, peeled, and chopped in ¼” cubes

1 cup water

1 cup milk

1 lb cubed beef, cubed chicken, cubed lamb, cubed goat, shrimp, or any combination

2 cups white rice or pilaf

8-10 extra large flour tortillas (roti bread)

Optional Ingredients:

1 can (12oz) chickpeas

1 sweet potato, Nigerian yam, or plantain (if adding any of these, use less potatoes from above)

1 cup of diced red, yellow, or green pepper

½ cup broccoli or cauliflower (chopped small)

½ cup sliced bok choy or cabbage

 

 

PROCEDURE:

-          Over medium heat cook the onion in olive oil until tender, but not brown.

-          Add salt, garlic, and flour; stir until bubbly and well-blended.

-          Add curry, hot pepper, black pepper, celery seed, ginger, milk, and water. Stir sauce constantly until it is smooth and thickened.

-          Add potatoes (as well as any optional ingredients).

-          Cover the pot and simmer for 15 minutes on medium-low heat. The vegetable/spice mixture should gently bubble, not steam or boil! Reduce heat and/or add water later on if necessary.

-          While simmering vegetable/spice, cook rice per directions.

-          While simmering vegetable/spice mixture and cooking rice, brown meat in separate pan. Add curry or additional seasonings as desired.

-          When finished browning meat, drain fat (if desired) and add to vegetable/spice mixture.

-          Warm flour tortillas/roti bread.

-          Spread rice evenly over roti bread. Spread vegetable/spice/meat mixture evenly over rice.

-          Roll or wrap roti bread like a burrito

[reinhard1]

This sounds very good Skunked!!  Thanks for the recipe!!  I like trying stuff like this.  good luck.

[SkunkedAgain]

For me, I happy any time that I get a chance to make a curry sauce for a recipe.

Regular flour tortillas will work but look for the biggest ones that you can find, maybe at a mercado.