Row row row your roti

Might be back in Thailand but the sheer amount fooding that happened in Malaysia has resulted in a bit of blogging indigestion. So we will be slowly clearing this backlog before getting back on track with more current culinary conquests. Just a quickie today, which is reflective of this simple but spectacular dish. Roti Canai (Cha-nai), the versatile fried flat bread from India. Costing only 1 Ringgit and 20 cents each, it's the ultimate value meal with the complimentary bowlful of dahl. The bread has a chewy pull on the inside and a buttery crisp exterior from being fried in ghee. It transforms its textural properties after soaking in a liberal bath of dahl. The dahl has the soft grain of pulverised pulses and the complex piquant of curry without the heaviness of coconut milk. Roti can be used for so many things as the gentle flavours act as a great vehicle for both sweet and savoury seasonings. Curry and condensed milk are my favourites. Separately, that is.