Mauritian Roti With Fish Sauce Ala Denise

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 -3 cups plain flour
• 1 pinch salt
• hot water, to make a consistency of dough
• 2 teaspoons butter or 2 teaspoons margarine
• 2 medium diced onions
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• 2 diced peeled tomatoes (half a 425g can)
• 1 can mackerel in tomato sauce (can be bought at asian food shops)

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour, salt, butter/margarine and add the hot water until the dough pulls away from the spoon.
• 2 don't make the dough too dry or too wet.
• 3 the secret to good roti is to make the dough just right.
• 4 roll the dough into roughly crepe size pieces and brush with oil.
• 5 fold the roti into little square"packages".
• 6 brush the"packages" with oil again.
• 7 roll the roti out again into crepe size pieces.
• 8 oil both sides of the roti and fry (not deep fry) in a pan until slightly brown.
• 9 place in a bowl and repeat the above process with the other"packages" and place the bowl aside.
• 10 fish sauce: fry onions and garlic until browned.
• 11 add the tomatoes and their juice and the can of mackeral and it's juice.
• 12 simmer until cooked to taste.
• 13 serve roti flat on a plate and then spread the fish sauce in the middle of the roti.
• 14 the person then rolls his own roti and enjoys.