Malaysian
Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Crepes)
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Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Crepes) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Whisk the flour, eggs, coconut milk, water, turmeric, and salt into a smooth, thin batter and strain out any lumps.
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Heat a lightly oiled nonstick skillet over medium heat.
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Drizzle the batter over the pan in a crisscross lace pattern, covering the surface in a thin lattice.
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Cook until just set, about 1 minute; do not flip.
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Fold or roll each lacy crepe into quarters and stack, then serve warm alongside a curry.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Crepes), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Crepes) carries gluten, eggs, and coconut. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Nasi Lemak Rice (Malaysian Coconut Rice) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Lempeng Kelapa (Coconut Pancakes) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Nasi Putih (Steamed Rice) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 430 kcal
- Protein
- 10 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 23 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 4 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 17 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Roti Jala (Malaysian Lacy Crepes) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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