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Ghee-shakkar roti roll
Warm chapati brushed with ghee, sprinkled with sugar and rolled up tight
Ask anyone who grew up in north India about school tiffin and the ghee-shakkar roti comes up: a soft, warm chapati brushed with ghee, sprinkled with a little sugar or jaggery powder and rolled like a cigar, made by a parent in the rush before the school bus. It is sweet, buttery and wheaty, and still tastes good cold at the morning break. It contains milk (ghee) and gluten (wheat). Chef's tip: use jaggery powder and a light hand; a teaspoon per roti is plenty, and the ghee carries the flavour.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the chapatis
- 5 ½ oz chapati flour (atta)plus a little for dusting
- ½ cup waterwarm, roughly
For the filling
- 2 tbsp gheesoftened
- 4 tsp jaggery powder or sugar
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Mix 5 ½ oz chapati flour (atta) with most of ½ cup water and knead for 3–4 minutes into a soft, smooth dough that doesn't stick to your fingers, adding the rest of the water a little at a time. Cover and rest for 10 minutes.
10 minStep 2: Divide into 4 balls. Roll each into a thin 18 cm round on a lightly floured worktop.
Step 3: Heat a tawa or heavy frying pan over a medium-high heat. Cook a chapati for 30 seconds, until small bubbles appear, flip, cook 30 seconds more, then press gently with a folded cloth until it puffs and has light brown spots.
2 minStep 4: While it is still hot, brush the top with a quarter of 2 tbsp ghee and sprinkle with a quarter of 4 tsp jaggery powder or sugar.
Step 5: Roll it up tightly straight away. The common mistake is letting the roti cool first: it cracks instead of rolling and the sugar doesn't melt into the ghee. Repeat with the rest.
6 minStep 6: Wrap in foil or a cloth napkin for the tiffin. Eat the same day.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 210 kcal
- Protein
- 5 g
- Carbs
- 32 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does ghee-shakkar roti roll take?
- About 25 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of ghee?
- Butter, same amount (keep the heat a little lower, butter burns sooner).
- What can I use instead of jaggery powder or sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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