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Buss up Shut (Paratha Roti)

Buss up shut (paratha)

Felix (Simply Trini Cooking) · simplytrinicooking.com · 2008

Against 25 Trinidadian roti recipes

Less salt than 80% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 56%.

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How it compares

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

  • Baking powder in the middle half of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 2.5%.
  • Less salt than 80% of recipes: 0.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%, about half as much.
  • Water in the middle half of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 72%.
  • No sugar at all, where 56% of recipes use some (most of those 1.4 to 2.1% of the flour weight).
Water: 83%, 78th percentileBaking powder: 3.7%, 82nd percentileFat: 23%, 54th percentileSugar: 0%, 22nd percentileSalt: 0.6%, 16th percentileWaterBakingpowderFatSugarSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 4 cups flour≈ 500 g
  • 6 tbsp. Ghee (butter (Ghee is clarified butter))≈ 85 g
  • 4 tsp. baking powder≈ 18 g
  • 2 tbsp. sunflower oil≈ 27 g
  • 1/2 tsp. salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 3/4 cups water≈ 415 g

flour 500 gbatter 1049 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
  • Baking powder3.7% · 82nd percentile
  • Fat23% · 54th percentile
  • Sugar0% · 22nd percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 16th percentile

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