Paratha (Oil) Roti
Buss up shut (paratha)
Monique Creary · nowyourecooking.ca · 2021 · 4 roti
Against 25 Trinidadian roti recipes
No sugar, unlike 56% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 25 Trinidadian roti recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No sugar at all, where 56% of recipes use some (most of those 1.4 to 2.1% of the flour weight).
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
Ingredients (6)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (plus 1/2 cup for dusting)≈ 375 g
- 2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1 1/4 cup warm water≈ 296 g
- 4 tbsp oil, ghee, or butter (room temperature)≈ 54 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1/4 cup oil (for cooking/basting)≈ 55 g
flour 375 gbatter 738 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.
- Water79% · 64th percentile · median 72%
- Baking powder2.5% · 48th percentile · median 2.5%
- Fat29% · 66th percentile · median 22%
- Sugar0% · 22nd percentile · median 1.1%
- Salt0.8% · 24th percentile · median 1.2%
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