Today’s bread is from our neighbouring country Srilanka. If you check Srilankan cuisine, you will find so many dishes which are so similar to South Indian cuisine. Coconut plays an important role in dishes. This bread is one of those which use freshly grated coconut in the dough. Coconut adds an amazing flavour in recipes and this bread is no exception. Usually pol rotis are found on road side shops. These are quite famous as a street food. Also Srilankans love to have this for breakfast and serve it with a spicy Lunumiris. Usually two rotis are sandwiched with the lunu miris and eaten.
I made this for Sruti’s lunch on a holiday and served it with a spicy coconut sambol. Sambol is nothing but a no cook chutney made with freshly grated coconut. With the red chillies used it is so spicy and goes very well with the rotis. I came across some recipe that also use green chillies and onions in the dough, but my version is the simplest. As we are good at rolling chapathis and rotis, mnaking pol roti is not at all difficult. Make sure not to add too much water as there is fresh coconut in the dough.
Makes 3 Breads
Ingredients:
Maida / All Purpose Flour – 1 cup
Grated Coconut – 3/4 cup
Salt – to taste
Ghee or oil for cooking
Procedure:
In a bowl, mix together coconut, flour and salt.
Add enough water to make a soft dough.
Cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
Knead the dough for one minute.
Divide it into three portions and roll them into balls.
Using a roller, roll the balls into thin discs.
Cook on a tawa until both sides are slightly browned.
Drizzle oil or ghee for cooking.
Serve it with pol sambol.
Pol Roti Recipe
Ingredients
- Maida/ All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
- Grated Coconut - 3/4 cup
- Salt - to taste
- Ghee or oil for cooking
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together coconut, flour and salt.
- Add enough water to make a soft dough.
- Cover and set aside for 15 minutes.
- Knead the dough for one minute.
- Divide it into three portions and roll them into balls.
- Using a roller, roll the balls into thin discs.
- Cook on a tawa until both sides are slightly browned.
- Drizzle oil or ghee for cooking.
- Serve it with pol sambol.
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Coconut flavoured anything is my favorite…and these flatbreads look absolutely brilliant. and that sambhol is stunning! I would love this for lunch too 😉
Pol roti with pol sambol, prefect pair to finish a meal without any guilt. Just love this coconut flatbread though i have tried with ragi flour. Am sure with maida this bread will tastes too good as well. Lovely pick.
Lovely coconut bread and serving it with sambol is a treat by itself . I had tried the sambol long back and I remember how delicious it was ! The combo rocks Gayathri .
Wow! Such an amazing roti with coconut in it. My eyes are glued to the coconut sambhol.. I am going to try this version.
Really adding coconut making it so flavorful and treat to tastebuds. I am sure that this tasty bread will get finish very fast. I love it.
Wow your pol roti looks awesome Gayathri, I would love it with coconut sambhol too and that’s another recipe I would want to make..very nice combination!
Pol roti and pol sambal… what a wonderful combination. I’m actually drooling right now and feeling so hungry.
Pol roti is a flavorful choice for the letter P. So much coconut in this roti and serving it with equally delicious chutney must have made the combo taste heavenly.
Pol Roti looks wonderful and the combo with the spicy coconut Sambol would have been excellent!
What a great combination the pol roti is with the spicy side dish. Looks delicious and the flavor of the coconut is just amazing.