A few nights ago we watched a Dutch cooking programme online that followed a somewhat flamboyant (and presumably well-known) TV chef to Suriname to sample the local delights. Idly surfing the Web tonight, I realised how easy rotis (chapatis) are -scratch that- Should Be to make. So it was decided. Tonight was to be Roti Night!Just to explain: Roti, or Roti met Gevuld, is to a Surinamer (or the husband of a Surinamer) a dish composed of large, thin chapatis and a chicken massala curry (receipe according to a particular Surinamese mix). Eaten with the hands, it's basically enormous fun.
And so the little adventure began. My first attempt at making chapatis. Really quite easy. A little flour, salt, water... mix, roll, throw it in the pan. OK, so I was following an Indian chapati, but we were doing OK. It's not like we have quite the right massala sauce here either, but you make do.Chicken & potatoes (very important ingredients in roti!), beans... some garlic, onion, chili peppers, tomatoes... It was all bubbling away nicely; we just had 20 minutes to wait.
And then... CRACK!
This happened:
Anyone for pizza?
6 comments:
NO WAY! i didn't see that coming... i was wondering how you could have screwed up the dish and now i see - it was not your fault at all! silly dish!
ps: miss you guys - oodles.
Aha! I've found the authentic recipe I need. You can look forward to more (and hopefully more successful) Roti cooking reports soon.
oh wow!!! yikes.
arghhhh!!! i can imagine your frustration! it looked good though....
Were you guys singing in the kitchen?? he,he J/K. Thinking of you and again, THANK YOU for a lovely evening.
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