Ingredients:
Dough:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons vegetable oil or shortening
1 1/4 cups, approx. warm water
Filling:
1 lb. russet or red potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 -2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
salt and pepper
Directions:
- Prepare the dough: Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder in a medium mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon, stir in the oil or shortening and enough warm water to make a sticky ball of dough. Knead the dough for 3 - 4 minutes until smooth and elastic. Add more flour if the dough is too sticky to handle, but it's better to be sticky rather than dry.
- Cover the dough with the bowl and leave to rest for at least 30 minutes.
- Prepare the filling: Boil the potatoes in water until tender, drain and mash with a fork. Add butter or margarine and milk to make a soft mixture.
- Season well with garlic powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
- Assemble the roti: Divide the dough and mashed potato into 8 equal pieces.
- On a lightly floured work surface, roll one of the pieces of dough into a circle, about 6 inches in diameter.
- Place a portion of potato in the center and gather the edges of the dough and pinch to seal in the filling.
- Fill the remaining balls of dough with the filling. Turn over, so the sealed side is down and push down gently to flatten slightly. Gently roll each one into a flat pancake, being careful not to push the potato out of the dough. You should not be able to see the potato through the dough.
- Heat a cast iron frying pan to medium high. Brush the bottom lightly with canola or vegetable oil and place a roti in the pan. (A silicone pastry brush works well).
- Brush the surface of the roti with more oil and cook until they puff up and the bottom is light brown in spots (see picture) - reduce heat to low if they are browning too quickly.
- Turn and continue to cook the other side until brown.
- Keep the cooked roti warm on a plate covered with foil or clean towel. Enjoy!
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