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I grew up eating roti at my best friends house and loved watching his mom make it. There were zero Indian restaurants in our town so I never had naan or knew what it was until years later when I moved. I’m always excited when I find a restaurant with great roti.

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its quite mesmerising watching someone that makes roti daily. they are so fast at it - one day i'll get there

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My son is almost 3 and not yet in love with roti as I hoped he would be. But I LOVE the idea of alphabet shaped roti! I will try it!

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It definitely sold roti to my kids! I also know the grief of wanting your children to love a food item that you loved and the pressure I felt for them to just love it with me dammit 😝

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YES exactly THAT! Also...feeling judged as a mother for not 'exposing them enough' to your heritage food...which must be why they don't like 'spicy'. The indian moms who brag about how their kids can handle spice is A THING, like it somehow is evidence of their good indian parenting / cooking skills.

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This absolutely beautiful post thank you so much .

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I love this and I can't wait to try your recipe. Also thank you for giving me permission to give up. I love cooking Indian food at home - both recipes I hope to be as authentic as possible with the ingredients available to me from good sources, and British Indian food, homemade versions of what we eat out here which have become their own cuisine. I've had so many successes, but naan is something I can never master and I'm fed up of trying. The naan in the styled shots of dal in my last cookbook? An assistant went and got them from a restaurant!

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This absolutely beautiful post makes me want to call up my mom and have her make me garma garam roti 🤤

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Thank you for this! I love roti. My mom is best friends with a woman from Fiji who learned to cook Indian food for her family. When I would come over as a child to play with her daughters while she and my mom would laugh and chat over coffee, I would sneak into the kitchen and ask her to make a batch. She would mix and roll it out quickly. And so thin! She'd then take it off the pan, smother it with butter and I was eat it rolled as the butter dripped out the end. One of my favourite memories at her house.

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I need to start a thread for favourite roti memories! i can just imagine the butter dripping out - yum, yum

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What an interestingly delicious 😋 recipe.Thanks a bunch!🤝👍

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You’ve made a gal and her daughter v happy! Will tell you how it turns out :)

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Oh I’m so excited for you to give it a go. Drop me a message on chat if you need help

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The atta arrived today! I'll let you know how it goes!

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Wooohoo! How did they turn out?

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Woo hoo I’m so excited for you to try. We just had roti cheese for dinner

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I just made it! And now, a second batch is resting while I make the dal fry I wish had earlier!! 😂

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