Roti Jala by Em Jay

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Made savoury rice for dinner tonight plus cakes. 😂 Different kinda cakes - net pancakes or roti jala (in Malay).

DD2 ate a very nice set when we went to JB recently. She requested for me to whip up net pancakes at home, when I next made curry. So, made some for the family today.

They loved it. I am all sold out! ☺️

Edited to add :-

Here's the recipe if any of you would like to try. It's a fail-proof recipe! 😉

Net pancakes / Roti Jala

Ingredients :

(1) 400g / 4 cups flour

(2) 500ml / 2 cups water

(3) 400ml / 2 cups coconut cream

(4) 1.5 teaspoons salt

(5) 1.5 teaspoons yellow colouring or turmeric powder

(6) 4 large eggs

Here were the exact ingredients I used :-

I used Top Flour, Kara Coconut Cream (200ml per box), Chew's 600g per box of low-cholesterol eggs and Borges olive oil; which I used very little of, because I don't fancy oily pancakes. This recipe yields between 25-30 rolls of net pancakes / roti jala depending on how skilful your twirling-kungfu is.

Method :

(1) You will need a big bowl for mixing. Just put all ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix until you get smooth batter. Super easy peasy. 😘

(2) You may use a whisk to mix your ingredients but, if you don't have one, don't sweat it. 👌🏻 I used my spatula to mix them all up.

(3) I used a sieve to run my batter to remove clumps (if any) or just for purpose of getting a smoother batter. So I kiasu, I sieved twice. ☺️

(4) I filled the pancake batter into a small jug first and later poured into a plastic bottle with 3 pointy cones. I have a big one from a hardware shop, but you can get your from Daiso.

Alternatively, I believe a funnel would've been faster. Especially if I was doing a bigger batch of pancakes.

(5) Heat a very lightly greased non-stick skillet/pan over medium heat.

(6) Invert the water bottle and drizzle the batter in quick circular motions forming a netlike pattern.

Read my comment above on how I did my twirls / pattern. Or you could always Google some videos or even create your own! 😊

(7) Allow the pancake to cook for one to two minutes. No flipping required and watch closely to ensure your pancake doesn't burn.

(8) This batter is so good that I didn't need to use a spatula to remove my pancakes. I merely had to turn over my pan and voila, the pancake sat right on my folding board.

(9) After I twirled another pancake on my pan, I proceeded to roll the one I fried earlier. Just fold in both sides of the net pancake and roll it up neatly. Best served with delicious, spiceh curry.

Happy trying! 🌹