Pol Roti (Coconut Roti)

This is a very popular dish in Sri Lanka.

Ingredients

3 cups plain flour
1½ cups grated coconut
¾ tsp salt
Lukewarm water
Oil
Flour for dusting

Method

Mix the flour, coconut and salt.
Add water little at a time and make dough.
The dough should be like for chapattis.
Keep it covered for 15 minutes.
Make balls of the size of tennis balls.

Take plate grease with some oil.
Flatten the roti till it’s about ¼ inch thick.

Heat a griddle or a flat pan in moderate heat.
Spread little bit oil so the roti does not get pasted to the pan.
Put the roti and let it cook till its crispy.

Cook both sides.
It should be crispy but not roasted.

You can serve the roti with a pol sambol (coconut sambal) and dhal curry or beef curry.