Roti Chennai with Curry Chicken

Roti Chennai

In Vancouver, the Roti Chennai is not a popular main cuisine. But it is in Malaysia and Singapore. This Southern Indian bread was first introduced in Malaysia by the Indian immigrants before and after the second world war by the British to work in the rubber plantations. They brought with them a new range of recipes and cooking styles that were previously not known in Malaysia. Within a couple of decade, the roti Chennai became one of Malaysia's most popular breakfast cuisine.

Curry Chicken

The main reason to the popularity of Roti Chennai was because of cause the cost in making the roti. Therefore, it was the cheapest breakfast to fill ones' hunger. And the name came from the city where most of the Indian immigrants originated from in India. Due to this, Malaysian has become the cradle of cultural diversity with immigrants mainly from China and India. And today, Malaysia has become a popular destination for cuisine lovers. Even the Roti Chennai is being exported.

Roti Chennai

I usually buys frozen Roti Chennai from the Asian grocery stores. I have also found them in Walmart in the Asian foods department in the freezers. The Roti Chennai is never complete with a good bowl of curry. The curry can be fish curry or any meat curry. So, whenever we have curry at home, the following day's breakfast would probably be the Roti Chennai with curry. If we start with the Roti Chennai, I would open a canned of Sardines in tomato ketchup and cook curry with it for the dip. Whichever method, it is a great breakfast.