Malaysian Net Crepes or Roti Jala Recipe is a fun recipe made using flour, eggs. This delicious pancakes taste amazing with chicken rendang.
Roti Jala Recipe
This is a net pancake that is a speciality of Malaysia. It is very easy to make. For making that you will need a squeeze bottle like the one which I showed in the pictures or else you can buy a mould that is specially designed for making this, it is available in all plastic shops. It will look something like this. I served this with chicken rendang.
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About Roti Jala Recipe
Roti jala, jala roti, roti kirai, or roti renjis are popular Malay tea time snacks served with curry dishes in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The roti jala is a lovely dish that, due to its construction, resembles a lace doily. This is a very traditional Malay dish that is usually made from scratch and served at special occasions such as weddings and festivals.
It is typically served in groups of three to four pieces with curries, particularly chicken curry, as a substitute for rice. Roti jala literally translates to net bread, referring to its intricate net design inspired by Malaysian fishermens nets.
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Ingredients for Roti Jala
All purpose flour
All purpose flour or maida is used in this pancakes. It creates a light and soft texture in this bread.
Milk
Aside from flavour, the purpose of milk in a pancake recipe is to dissolve the flour and other ingredients and provide a liquid structure. You can use either coconut milk or regular milk in this recipe.
Turmeric Powder
Some recipes calls for food colouring but I like to use turmeric powder.
Eggs
Eggs are essential in this recipe which creates the texture and holds the bread.
How to Make Roti Jala
Gather Ingredients: Ingredients needed are flour, egg, milk, oil, salt and turmeric.
Blending : You can mix the batter in a bowl. But using a blender is easy and fast.
Choosing the right mould: Roti jala is made using a special roti jala mould but you can use any squeezy bottle.
Cooking: Cook this crepes in low heat so it don't get too dark colour.
Serving: Jala roti is served with chicken curry or rendang chicken.
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Roti Jala Recipe (Malaysian Net Crepes)
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
- ¾ cup Milk
- ¼ cup Water
- 1 Egg
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp Oil
Instructions
- Take all ingredients in a blender and blend together for 30 seconds.
- Heat the tawa on medium heat. Pour the batter in to a squeeze bottle and gently squeeze it over the tawa to form swirls like shown in the picture.
- Let it cook on very low flame for just few seconds. Remove it to a plate.
- Fold from both sides, and roll it gently. Serve it with spicy chicken curry.
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Notes
- Always cook on low heat.
- Make sure the batter is not too thick or too thin. Adjust the batter consistency using water.
- You can use sauce bottle or roti jala funnel to make this.
- You don't have to flip the pancakes.
Nutrition
Roti Jala Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
1)take water in a blender jar.
2)Add in milk
3)Add in egg
4)Add turmeric
5)In goes salt.
6)Add in oil
7)Add in flour
8)Blend till combined.
9)Pour into squeezy bottle.
10)Make sure the funnel has the tiny hole spout.
11)Make small circles in the tawa.
12)Cook on very low heat.
13)Like this
14)Remove to a plate
15)Fold from both sides
16)Roll it tight.
17)Done
18)Serve.
Anna
Que bonits te han quedado esos cakes con el calado. me gustan mucho!!. además son muy fáciles. gracias por compartir. un beso.
Pretend Chef
This sounds and looks really delicious. I would love to give this a try. Yummy! From the first photo I figured this would be more difficult to make. Thanks for the step by step.
harini-jaya
good one..wondering if it can be made eggless!
Neethiya Karmegam
Bravo Aarthi for choosing Malaysian recipes too. I'm born and grew up in Malaysia and now living in Denmark. My kids love roti jala with chicken curry and I make this recipe often.
Taste Junction
Seems you have mastered the Malaysian cuisine perfectly!! Have you tasted all this previously or making & tasting for the first time?
Nithya
Wow.. this is a cute pancake. I have seen this on TLC and used to drool. Now you revealed the recipe and here I go. Will give it a try soon 🙂 Got to replace eggs and try veg version for parents to eat 🙂
Reshmi Mahesh
Looks beautiful and yum..
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente
This is so much more fun than an ordinary pancake. Thanks for sharing. Diane
Dzoli
Greta.Will make them for sure.Can't be difficult with your fantatsic instructions;)
Santosh Bangar
beautiful jali pancake
schmetterlingwords
Hey this is totally cool... Never heard of this. Malaysian cuisine is indeed interesting. It will be fun making this 🙂
Artù
wow. very nice!
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
wow, that looks super delicious. I saw it first in cool lassie's blog and loved it there too 🙂
StephenC
This really looks like fun and somethng I could make a version of that would not require buying any additional ingredients. Thanks for sharing.
Dee at Deelicious Sweets
Great recipe! It's very similar to a funnel cake when you first pour it in to the pan. Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
EL PUCHERETE DE MARI
Hola gracias por visitar mi blog, aqui estoy devolviendote la visita y de paso paseandome por tu interesante blog, la receta me gusta mucho, la encuentro muy exótica.
Un beso
Vardhini
New and looks good Aarthi.
Vardhini
Event: Fast food not Fat food
Sailaja Damodaran
Intersting.......
Agnes
Nice recipe.Cool
Las Tres C
Hola, encantada de conocerte, gracias por pasarte por mi blog, me alegro que te gustara alguna recta,tienes un blog muy interesante, con comidas muy originales, estaremos en contacto, un saludo.
Nina's Kitchen
I appreciate the loving words you left on my blog. It is a pleasure to me that you like my blog. Now I'm going to take a tour of yours;). I'm a follower not to lose contact.
Cheah
I haven't had this roti jala for a long, long time. When I was young had a Malay neighbour and this grandma used to make this, no gadget, only used her hands to swirl the batter onto the tawa.
Maria Pilar-COCINICA
Que fácil y que bueno.
Feliz verano.
tanja
Net pancakes? What a great idea, they look cool and fun to make!!!Thank you so much for sharing!
Puan Ros @ Tadika Sinaran Intelek
Hai Aarthi,Nice to see you have successfully cooked all those Malaysian food.Really hope that you enjoy it.Happy cooking.
Mitinita
really interesting the squeeze bottle omelette!
Amelia's De-ssert
Delicious roti jala, best to go with curry chicken, yum yum
LA COCINERA DE BETULO
Me gusta tu receta de hoy, parece fácil. Tomo nota, la haré un día.
Besos.
Mari
I love the lace technique!
Valarmathi
Hi what flour should I use wheat or rice flour?
Aarthi
it is all purpose flour / maida