Roti - Sri Lankan Style Flat Bread

Sri Lankan roti is a type of flat bread made of wheat flour. Traditional roti recipe includes freshly grated coconut, chopped shallots, chopped green chilies, curry leaves and salt. My mom uses grated carrots as well.

Ingredients:
450g all purpose flour
200g freshly grated coconut
2 medium size carrots grated
small onion finely chopped (or about 10 chopped shallots)
2-3 finely chopped green chilies
2 sprigs of finely chopped curry leaves
salt
lukewarm water
about 2 tablespoons of coconut oil

Sift all purpose flour and set aside.
In a big bowl, mix grated carrots, onions, green chilies and curry leaves.

Add grated coconut, flour and salt to the bowl and mix well.

Add a small amount of lukewarm water and mix everything. Keep adding water a little by little and knead until the mixture is soft and pliable. Adding too much water can make the mixture too sticky. If that happens, add a little bit of flour.

Divide the dough into small balls. Let it rest for about 10 minutes.

Lightly coat dough balls with oil and flatten using a rolling pin, or by hand. Make a circular form.

Heat an oiled griddle or a nonstick pan. Place the roti and cook one side until dough is cooked and light brown spots form. Then cook the other side. If there is enough space, you can cook more than one roti at once.

Serve with any type of curry, or with butter , jam or marmite.

Variations: Add chopped scallions or greens. If you don't have grated coconut, you can omit it, though coconut is always used in traditional Sri Lankan roti. I have heard that some use butter without grated coconut, but I haven't tried roti made with butter.