Simple Yogurt

We are attempting to make more things at home. When we make something at home using basic ingredients we cut out lots of consumer packaging and it has a positive impact on our household budget. Currently we make our yogurt and a growing portion of our bread. The most frequent bread that we make is a traditional Indian flat bread called Roti.  We make in Trini style and if wikipedia has it right - the specific kind of roti that we make is Sada Roti.  Wikipedia lists 4 different kinds of Roti that are made in Trinidad. I suspect as you go about the world you can find many more ways of making roti.

Making roti was a common household task in Trinidad and Tobago when my wife was growing up. The way she makes it now is the same way she learned as a child.  She combines white or wheat flour with some baking powder, a pinch of salt and water. Next, she kneads it by hand into smooth round balls about the size of her fist. Then with a large rolling pin she’ll roll out the dough into a flat circle about 12 inches across. Once it is ready she’ll place in on a tara - a flat round piece of cast iron - and will cook it for a few minutes. As the air is heated the bread will puff up into a nice dome . As she takes its off the heat the bread flattens. It is best eaten right then while it is hot. Making roti is a favorite time for us. It is fun to watch, fun to do and great to eat.  My 7 year grandson has been helping since he was tiny. I suspect that he can make roti better than I can.

As part of our keeping things simple - we’ve committed to making our own bread. As my grandson points out - If we make it we don’t have to go to the store to buy it.

Benefits:

• We reducing packaging waste
• Everyone likes homemade bread
• We save money

Making bread is fairly simply. We aren’t trying to win baking contests just trying to make our life simpler and better.

Here’s how one household makes roti. It’s not the way we do it but seeing how other people make things that we make is part of the fun. How else can we learn other stuff than to see what other people do?

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