Trinidadian Buss Up Shut (Roti) Recipe: Flaky, Delicious Perfection
Buss up shut (paratha)
caribbeanemagazine.com · 2024
Against 25 Trinidadian roti recipes
More fat than 76% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 56%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 25 Trinidadian roti recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More fat than 76% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 22%.
- Baking powder in the middle half of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.5%.
- No sugar at all, where 56% of recipes use some (most of those 1.4 to 2.1% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (7)
- 4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 500 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1 ½ cups water (approximately)≈ 356 g
- ¼ cup ghee or vegetable oil≈ 57 g
- ¼ cup butter (softened)≈ 57 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (for brushing)≈ 55 g
flour 500 gbatter 984 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.
- Water71% · 30th percentile · median 72%
- Baking powder1.8% · 24th percentile · median 2.5%
- Fat34% · 78th percentile · median 22%
- Sugar0% · 22nd percentile · median 1.1%
- Salt1.2% · 46th percentile · median 1.2%
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