Roti Chennai and Curry Dip

Roti Chennai

This Malaysian favorite breakfast cuisine has also been one of our favorite breakfast meal. In Vancouver, it is not as simple as stopping at one of the many Indian owned coffee shops to get a fill of the roti chennai breakfast. But instead, we rely on prepacked roti chennai that we pick up from the supermarkets which we are still doing occasionally. Although, they do not sound like authentic, but it is all we have.

Home Cooked Roti

We have gotten used to what we can authenticate in these circumstances. We source and make use of what is available in Vancouver and replicate our favorite Malaysian cuisines from the what can find in the local supermarkets. Most often we can find the exact ingredients. Thus far, we were able to find all the ingredients we want or need except for ginger flower (bunga kantan) which is used in many of Malaysia's wonderful cuisines.

Chinese Pan Cake into Roti Chennai

So, every time when we cook up a pot of curry, any type of coconut milk curry,  we would have extras which we will keep for the next day. And this extra pot of curry will be for dipping the roti chennai. For the actual roti chennai, we will toast them from the frozen ones which we purchased from the supermarket. There are all kinds of prepacked pan cakes being sold in the supermarkets, more than what is available in Malaysia.