Potato Sada Roti

I never get the traditional Guyanese Potato Roti right, most times the potato is too soft or too hard. I always depend on my Granny to make it for me. A few evenings ago, I really felt like having Potato Roti but it was too late to call granny. I make a good Sada Roti, so I decided to risk a Sada-roti-style with potato in it.

I like whole wheat rotis as they are more nutritious. Instead of stuffing the roti I simply added the mashed pototo into the dough mix, and I also added some wheat germ (for more fibre). And it worked.

To complete the meal I seasoned up some chicken with my favourite Guyanese seasonings and pot roasted it with some chunks of carrots and broccoli.

Recipe
Makes about 10 rotis

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• ¼ cup wheat germ
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon yeast
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1½ lbs potatoes (to be boiled and mashed)
• 1 tablespoons crushed garlic

Prepare the mashed potato as you normally would when making mashed potato.

To make the rotis:

• In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients - flour, wheat germ, baking powder, yeast, salt and sugar.
• Mix in the butter, garlic and mashed potato.
• Add warm water slowly as if you are making normal sada roti. Knead until smooth and leave to raise for 3/4 hour.
• Break into handful-sized pieces or your desired size.
• Roll into balls and leave for about 10 minutes.
• Roll out dough like normal sada roti and bake on a tawa.