Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Place the water, salt, and olive oil into a medium pot. Mix until salt is dissolved, and bring to a boil on high heat.
- Once the mixture comes to a rolling boil, remove from heat, pour rice flour into the very hot mixture, and mix vigorously until very well combined.
- Cover, and let it rest for 10 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
- Oil a clean countertop with the 1 tsp of vegetable oil or sesame oil.
- Transfer the now rice dough onto the oiled counter, and knead for 1 to 2 minutes until somewhat elastic.
- Roll into a thick log about 3 inches in diameter.
- Preheat a large pan on medium heat.
- Cut a piece of parchment paper and fold it in half. It has to be big enough to cover the entire circle of the tortilla press.
- Place the folded parchment paper, crease side in, into the tortilla press.
- Slice about an inch to an inch and a half thick slice off the dough log. Form into a ball using the palm of your hand, and the surface of the counter, by cupping your palm, placing the top of the dough slice into that cup-shaped palm, gently pressing against the dough while forming small circular patterns.
- Take the dough ball which you have formed, open up the parchment sheet, and place the dough between the two parchment papers.
- Press the tortilla press onto the dough which is now in the tortilla press in between the parchment paper.
- Gently remove the circular-shaped dough out of the press. Place it in the palm of your hand, and flip it onto the preheated pan.
- Let it cook for about 2 to 3 minutes, or until it begins to bubble, and the bottom is gently browned. Do not attempt to lift the dough before it begins to bubble because it will stick to everything.
- Flip the dough over to cook on the second side. Let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until gently browned on the side touching the pan.
- Remove from pan and transfer onto a plate.
- Repeat process 8 to 16, until you have no more dough left.
- Serve with anything that requires bread. I usually like to use this bread with Mediterranean dishes, fajitas, soft tacos, or to make a za’atar sandwich.
- When cooking this gluten free roti bread, I usually have a dough pressed and ready while the other is in the pan getting “baked”. This makes the process a lot quicker.
- To store, place in a zip lock bag, and store outside of the fridge. It will last for about 5 days. In my house, it usually lasts for a few minutes, or a few hours if I stop the little mouths from devouring it.
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Notes
After a few days the bread tends to dry out a little. To solve this problem, simply heat the bread in a pan or in the microwave for a few seconds. The gluten free roti will become pliable again.
