Trinidad Paratha Roti (Buss up Shut) Recipe
Buss up shut (paratha)
CookingwithRia · cookingwithria.com · 2012 · 8 servings
Against 25 Trinidadian roti recipes
Close to the middle of 25 Trinidadian roti recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 25 Trinidadian roti recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Water in the middle half of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 72%.
- Baking powder in the middle half of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.5%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.1%.
Ingredients (8)
- 4 cups all purpose flour (preferably organic unbleached)≈ 500 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder (preferably aluminum free)≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon salt (Himalayan)≈ 6 g
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar≈ 9 g
- About 1 3/4 cups lukewarm water≈ 415 g
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil≈ 14 g
- 4 tablespoons ghee (ghee or butter (or half butter and oil or coconut oil))≈ 57 g
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil and/or butter/ghee (healthier alternative - use olive oil or coconut oil)≈ 57 g
flour 500 gbatter 1066 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.
- Water83% · 78th percentile · median 72%
- Baking powder1.8% · 24th percentile · median 2.5%
- Fat25% · 62nd percentile · median 22%
- Sugar1.8% · 76th percentile · median 1.1%
- Salt1.2% · 46th percentile · median 1.2%
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