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...cooking from the heart... drink Lacy Pancake | Roti Jala, original, Indonesian, cooking recipe, step-by-step

Lacy Pancake | Roti Jala

Origin: Medan, North Sumatra

RecipeYield: 15 • PrepTime: P1H0M Indonesian drink Lacy Pancake | Roti Jala, resep, asli, Indonesia, step-by-step
Roti Jala

Notes, Tips & Tricks

Roti Jala or Lacy Pancake is a special food originating from Malay people in North Sumatra or commonly called as Melayu Deli. Usually this food is served with curry sauce. In Deli, Roti Jala is served with lamb/mutton curry and pineapple pickles. According to humanist M Muhar Omtatok, Roti Jala is a Malay food that can be adapted from Indian influence. Roti jala also can be found in Riau Islands and commonly called "Roti Kirai". (Source : Wikipedia)

In Medan Roti Jala is mainly served with "Kari Kambing /Lamb Curry ". <

Ingredients

Ingredients for 20 pancakes:

  1. 250 gr/9-10 oz all-purpose flour, sifted
  2. 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  3. 500 ml/17 fl.oz/2 cups thin coconut milk or cold water
  4. 1/2 tsp salt
  5. 1 tbsp butter, melted
Roti Jala Ingredients

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  1. 1a

    Beat the eggs with a little coconut milk or water (if used).

    Roti Jala Step 1
  2. 1b

    Add the coconut milk & flour. Whisk until you get the smooth batter. If you have one, please use a stick mixer as mine, it's faster & easier to perform smooth batter.

    Roti Jala Step 2
  3. 1c Roti Jala Step 3
  4. 2

    Add melted butter, mix throughly.

    Roti Jala Step 4
  5. 3

    Put a non stick pan or skillet (diameter 20 cm/8 inches) over low heat and lightly grease with small amount of butter.

    Roti Jala Step 5
  6. 4

    Transfer the butter into a special roti jala cup to help you make roti jala easily. But you can also make it without the cup as I explain in the special tips below.

    Roti Jala Step 6
  7. 5a

    Pour out some batter onto the pan, move & turn the cup in countinous series of circle or elipe shapes. You can vary or experiment the motive as you wish.

    Roti Jala Step 7
  8. 5b Roti Jala Step 8
  9. 6

    Leave to cook about 2 minutes. No need to flip it over. The consistency of batter is right when the pancake is soft & forms a thin lace pattern that unbrokenly connected.

    Roti Jala Step 9
  10. 7

    Continue until all the batter used up.

  11. 8

    Serving Method: Place a pancake in a flat surface or plate.

    Roti Jala Step 10
  12. 9

    Fold over the left and the right side simetrically.

    Roti Jala Step 11
  13. 10

    Then roll it up to form a tube/silinder.

    Roti Jala Step 11
  14. 11

    Proceed all the pancake until finished. It makes about 20 pancakes. Serve right away with "Lamb/Mutton Curry".

    Roti Jala Step 12

Important Note:

  1. You can make the batter with milk or water depends on your taste & preference. My opinion is milk's base batter tend to be soft & moist. You can also subtitute coconut milk with canned evaporated milk for convenience.

  2. If you don't have special cup for making Roti Jala, transfer the batter into a plastic bag, make a small hole by cutting one of the edges, then pour the batter on to the pan by moving & turning the bag continously to perforn a lace pattern.

  3. Be careful with the cooking temperature, too high temperature/heat will make a hard/dry pancake & easily broken.