Sri Lankan Roti

This is one of my favourite foods. I eat it on its own but it goes well with meat curries or chick pea curry.

Ingredients (Serves 3)
5 cups plain flour
1 cup shredded coconut
1 onion finely diced
10 curry leaves finely cut
1 large green chilli finely cut
1/4 teaspoon salt
~1 cup water
Oil for frying

Method
1. Mix flour, coconut and salt together.
2. Mix in chilli, curry leaves and onion.
3. Slowly add  water until you are able to form a ball.
4. Knead the ball until you get tired. (A good 10 minutes.)
5. Cover with a damp towel and leave for at least 30 minutes.
6. Separate dough into 6 balls.
7. Flatten balls with your hands or rolling pin into circles about 5mm thick.
8. Preheat frying pan on medium heat and lightly oil it.
9. Fry for about 1 minute one side and 30 seconds the other until they brown.

Notes

• It's important to have chilli, onions, curry leaves cut quite finely so you don't end up biting into big chunks.
• You can freeze extras and microwave them to eat later.