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    Roti Jala Recipe

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    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.

    Table of Contents

    • About Roti Jala Recipe
    • Video for Roti Jala Recipe
    • Ingredients for Roti Jala
    • 📖 Recipe Card
    • Roti Jala Recipe (Malaysian Net Crepes)
    • Roti Jala Recipe with Step by Step Pictures

    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.

    Video for Roti Jala Recipe

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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.

    If you have any questions not covered in this post and if you need help, leave me a comment or mail me @[email protected] and I’ll help as soon as I can.

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    Roti Jala Recipe (Malaysian Net Crepes)

    Malaysian lace pancakes or roti jala is a fun recipe made using flour, eggs. This delicious pancakes taste amazing with chicken rendang.
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 15 crepes
    Calories: 59kcal

    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.

    Video

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    Notes

    1. Always cook on low heat.
    2. Make sure the batter is not too thick or too thin. Adjust the batter consistency using water.
    3. You can use sauce bottle or roti jala funnel to make this.
    4. You don't have to flip the pancakes.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1crepe | Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 164mg | Potassium: 35mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 36IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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    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.

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    Comments

    1. Anna

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      Que bonits te han quedado esos cakes con el calado. me gustan mucho!!. además son muy fáciles. gracias por compartir. un beso.

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    2. Pretend Chef

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      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.

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    3. harini-jaya

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      good one..wondering if it can be made eggless!

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      • Neethiya Karmegam

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        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.

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    4. Taste Junction

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      Seems you have mastered the Malaysian cuisine perfectly!! Have you tasted all this previously or making & tasting for the first time?

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    5. Nithya

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      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 🙂

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    6. Reshmi Mahesh

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      Looks beautiful and yum..

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    7. Food, Fun and Life in the Charente

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      This is so much more fun than an ordinary pancake. Thanks for sharing. Diane

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    8. Dzoli

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      Greta.Will make them for sure.Can't be difficult with your fantatsic instructions;)

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    9. Santosh Bangar

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      beautiful jali pancake

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    10. schmetterlingwords

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      Hey this is totally cool... Never heard of this. Malaysian cuisine is indeed interesting. It will be fun making this 🙂

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    11. Artù

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      wow. very nice!

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    12. Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal

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      wow, that looks super delicious. I saw it first in cool lassie's blog and loved it there too 🙂

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    13. StephenC

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      This really looks like fun and somethng I could make a version of that would not require buying any additional ingredients. Thanks for sharing.

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    14. Dee at Deelicious Sweets

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      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 🙂

      Reply
    15. EL PUCHERETE DE MARI

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      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

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    16. Vardhini

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      New and looks good Aarthi.

      Vardhini
      Event: Fast food not Fat food

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    17. Sailaja Damodaran

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      Intersting.......

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    18. Agnes

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      Nice recipe.Cool

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    19. Las Tres C

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      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.

      Reply
    20. Nina's Kitchen

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      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.

      Reply
    21. Cheah

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      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.

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    22. Maria Pilar-COCINICA

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      Que fácil y que bueno.

      Feliz verano.

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    23. tanja

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      Net pancakes? What a great idea, they look cool and fun to make!!!Thank you so much for sharing!

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    24. Puan Ros @ Tadika Sinaran Intelek

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      Hai Aarthi,Nice to see you have successfully cooked all those Malaysian food.Really hope that you enjoy it.Happy cooking.

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    25. Mitinita

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      really interesting the squeeze bottle omelette!

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    26. Amelia's De-ssert

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      Delicious roti jala, best to go with curry chicken, yum yum

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    27. LA COCINERA DE BETULO

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      Me gusta tu receta de hoy, parece fácil. Tomo nota, la haré un día.
      Besos.

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    28. Mari

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      I love the lace technique!

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    29. Valarmathi

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      Hi what flour should I use wheat or rice flour?

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      • Aarthi

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        it is all purpose flour / maida

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