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Roti Jala and Malaysian Curry Chicken Recipe
May 31st, 2008Malaysia Guides, Recipes, Malaysian Recipes, Recipes36 Comments
Roti Jala–means “net bread” literally–is another Malaysian delicacy that deserves special introduction on Rasa Malaysia. These lacy and net like pancakes/crepes are very popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, where vendors set up temporary stalls selling roti jala to go with various curries offered. Roti Jala is also very popular as an afternoon tea snack. For me, I can eat them anytime of the day as long as I have some curries to go with them. I have always wanted to make Roti Jala, but there is a problem, I didn’t have the mold. Recently I brought one back from home, together with the pie tee mold that I’d blogged about. I got to play with my new toy yesterday and dished out these fantabulous Roti Jala…(learn how to make roti jala with my YouTube video after the jump)
Making Roti Jala was a fun exercise, so much so that I had to capture the following video to share with you. Suffice it to say, the mold was really easy to use; in no time, I finished up the batter and made 12 gorgeous looking lacy lads. (I can also totally use the mold to make this fabulous eggnet salad I had at Longrain, Sydney!) No Roti Jala is complete without curries, so I whipped up some chicken curry with an instant curry paste.
Malaysian food is just so varied, compelling, and stimulating–not a single meal is ever boring, bland, or uninteresting.
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I would like to purchase the roti lattice mould. Send me some info and price.
that is so beautiful!! I love the video!!!
my best friend is Malaysian but I’ve only been to a real Malaysian restaurant once! They are hard to come by!! Roti is so freakin good though!!
Thanks for the beautiful food and beautiful blog!
Hi there,
I am interested to buy a roti jala mold from your website,however i have problem to access the sale/purchase side. Anyway pls advise further!
Tks,
Penney
Hi, where can I get the mould?
You can get it in Malaysia.
hi,
Please write to me roti jala and Malaysian chicken curry paste recipe.
thank you soooo much for the video of making roti jala..
Plastic cup with some holes melted into the bottom with a soldering iron should be fine.
Hi
I love the pictures in this website.
Its awesome.
For the Roti jala can i use plain flour instead of all purpose flour
Yes, I think so. Plain flour should work.
My Tok umi (from kampung in Aloh Star) makes it with coconut milk instead of water & milk. The flavour is beautiful. I have never been able to find the pourer thingy to make it though. & every attempt at making one has failed. I know traditionally they used bruised & frayed lemon grass dipped into the batter to get the desired shape, but I have just been using my 5 fingers dipped into the batter (after tok umi suggested it)
Yazmin – it’s glad to learn about your Tok’s recipe. Thanks for sharing. I love Malay food so much.
hi, i’m a malaysian currently residing overseas. i miss malaysian food so much that i have been improving my cooking skills to improve the taste to be something like malaysian food. your recipe was just so amazing, so easy to make without much effort. my family just loved it so much. thank you.
Can the Roti Jala be made without egg, is there a substitute for egg in this recipe??
Well, you need eggs in roti jala or else it’s not roti jala.
Hi, Ive been enjoying your incredible cooking site for the last few months. Not a day goes by without checking your post. Congratulations on providing us cooking enthusiast with such wonderful recipes and most importantly with correct measurements & instructions.
This looks like a great recipe but since we don’t get ready curry pastes here in Dhaka could you please tell us what spices to use instead. Would really appreciate your help. Best wishes for your continues sucess.
Zeenath – thanks for your comment. For the chicken curry recipe from scratch, you can try this: http://rasamalaysia.com/chicken-curry-recipe/, or http://rasamalaysia.com/images/Chicken%20Curry.pdf
hello, where did u copied this recipe from ? I have noticed that u have stolen a lot of the recipes from the books and websites, pls refrain from doing so !
I have reported this to the Global Webmasters Monitoring Forum ! another typical low-life Malaysian, disgrace !
Muthu – Your accusation is totally bogus. All my recipes are my own, I don’t copy recipes!!! I guess you are the ones who stole my recipes and caught by me, and hence this comment.
hi.i am from iran and now i living in malaysia.
thanks for your good recipe. i made it and it is very nice
i have iranian cooking site and i used this recipe in my site
thanks again
You surely helped bring home closer for me :)
Was watching travel channel earlier and they showed on malaysia and roti jala… i can’t wait to make them despite not having the mold but i’ll find a way to make it happen.
And I must say thank you for your recipes like the prawn mee-a lot of hard work but it definately paid off. I can’t recall other recipes I’ve tried from your site coz I was bz eating :)
And ohhh… the butter prawns…superb!
i like roti jala…
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1 ari nti ak akn try tuk wat k……
I’m so excited to make this. I just bought the mould a few days ago when I was at the immigration office in Shah Alam! Yay me for looking out for this kind of stuff! Will definitely be making this. Thank you for sharing your recipe. :)
I had been visiting this site several time searching for good Singapore & Malaysia…Love it! I’m so glad i found this receipe here, the last time i made it was ages ago. Thanks for posting this receipe.
@Mulan, good suggestion! Another suggestion to consider, using a coke/pepsi (any soda) plastic bottle, cutting into half & make several hole at the bottom.
@Yazmin Syed, i remembered using coconut milk too.
@Rasa Malaysia, can i replace the same amount of low fat milk & water with coconut milk?
Yes, you can.
Hi,
How and where do i get the mold?
I don’t know which country you are from but maybe you can try ask any Indian shop you come across when you go out.
Or if there is an Indian restaurant maybe you can ask them if they know where the roti jala mold is available.
Good luck.
do you have the pic of the mold?
me new in kitchen,
how i will make bigger and more holes ? big or small hole ? which taste more good ?
i punched holes at the bottom of a can. i does the job well. check it out please if you still have not got a ready-made mold yet.
Hi,
I linked and put your roti jala recipe in my blog for future references..TQ ;)
I’m an airliner pensioner will try to make roti jala for my side income
Thank you …cara membuat nya.
saya lapar dan saya memang nak makan ini=(
Great dessert! mix well with the curry chicken… thanks for sharing the recipe :)