Malay pancake - Roti canai

My hubby craves for a proper "roti canai" after having a not-so-yummy "roti canai" with his friends. Haha. I went out with him too but I don't bother to try it at all cos it doesn't look tempting to me. The "teh tarik" is not sweet but my "mee bandung" is nice. Our lamb soup is just so-so. Hubby's "rain+shine chicken rice" is tasteless despite the wonderful name. FYI the prices for the Malaysian "mamak" food: roti canai = £1.80, teh tarik = £1.50, mee bandung = £5.35, sup kambing = £3.50, rain+shine chicken rice = £4.75. For these prices, we can eat 5 times back in Msia lol.

The Malay shop owner said he has opened the shop for 6 months already. If you saw a Malay here, mostly the scenario would be like this: The wife furthers her studies here and the husband (as usual, sponsored by the government) manages to open a business here. We are updated with the news that my government is giving out 500 pounds to each of the family members that accompany the "student" to UK (mostly wife is studying and she will bring along her husband and 2 kids at least). Imagine the government gives you RM2500 for every family members each month for nothing. Wow, no wonder my lecturer's husband in UK can enjoy his life buying the best DSLR camera and goes photo shooting anywhere in HIS own car. "Banyak kaya" my government. But in the end the country is making losses cos they purposely normally choose to sponsor their own race and ignore the smart race. Haiz, no wonder many brilliant and talented ones run overseas already. *shake head* Brain drain!

Ok, back to the recipe. I google "roti canai" and found this recipe. It is quite nice. Hubby and I make it together. He said the taste and texture is 70% alike to the real "roti canai" sold in our own country. Not bad cos this is the first time we make it. 

 Our roti canai - forgot to put a bowl of curry beside it

Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1 cup water
2 tbs condensed milk - we subs it with milk and sugar
1 tsp salt
1 egg
1 tbs margarine


Method

1. Mix water, milk, salt and egg.
2. Pour mixture into flour and knead for about 25 minutes or till smooth dough is formed.
3. Mould into small round balls and coat with margarine.
4. Keep in a container in the fridge for at least 8 hours.
5. Spread each ball on a smooth surface to form a very thin layer (I use my fingers to spread it as big as I can and pass it to hubby to fry it).
6. Put a bit of oil in the pan. When the oil is hot, spread the thin layer from step 5 and put the filling that you like (we like egg and fried onion) and fold it. Fry it until it turns yellow brown.

P/S: I cook the curry first and it really goes well with this "roti canai". Yummy!