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Buss Up Shut Paratha Roti

Buss up shut (paratha)

africanbites.com · 2026 · 6

Against 25 Trinidadian roti recipes

More salt than 96% of recipes and more fat than 84%.

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How it compares

Against the typical batch: the median of 25 Trinidadian roti recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 96% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about twice as much.
  • More fat than 84% of recipes: 37% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 22%.
Water: 82%, 70th percentileBaking powder: 2.5%, 48th percentileFat: 37%, 86th percentileSugar: 1.1%, 50th percentileSalt: 2.5%, 98th percentileWaterBakingpowderFatSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour360 g
  • 1 teaspoon (4g) sugar4 g
  • 2 teaspoons (9g) baking powder9 g
  • 1½ teaspoons (8-9g) salt9 g
  • 1 tablespoon (14g) ghee, (butter, or oil)14 g
  • 1¼ cups (300ml) warm water (or slightly more)≈ 296 g
  • ⅓ cup (63g) shortening (or butter)63 g
  • ¼ cup (60ml) oil, (ghee, or melted butter for oiling the paratha)≈ 55 g

flour 360 gbatter 810 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 25 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Water82% · 70th percentile
  • Baking powder2.5% · 48th percentile
  • Fat37% · 86th percentile
  • Sugar1.1% · 50th percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 98th percentile

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