Roti- the Guyanese speciality

Cooking traditions across the world, based on peasant or working class cultures, always have favourite comfort foods based on cheap, easily available items which are transformed through complicated procedures into something delicious, satisfying and filling. Roti is the Guyanese manifestation.

The main ingredient is flour- plain flour with a raising agent. Water is then added, maybe some mashed potato, the some seasoning. Then oil is worked in and with careful rolling, shaping, resting, then reshaping the roti is ready for cooking.

Lots of practice seems to be the key to the successful roti.

After rolling out the fliur based pancake, it is dotted with oil, cut from  the centre to the edge  (along the radius) then rolled around this radius to form a cone.