BREAD

BREAD!

 Last week we determined that bananas were thought to originate in Southeast Asia. The top 7 most popular breads made here are roti canai, papparoti, roti sardin, pinagong, roti durian, roti bawang, and nan bya. https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-breads-in-southeast-asia The most popular bread, roti canai, do not use yeast but instead whole wheat flour. Papparoti on the other hand does use yeast. It is not the same fermented culture as sourdough so the two have different textures. Papparoti is a soft bun while sourdough is crusty/chewy type texture.

As we know, lime originated from Indonesia. A couple types of bread they make there are roti gambang and roti isi keju. Roti gambang is a cinnamon flavored bread that is biscuit-like and uses flour. Roti isi keju is a bread bun with cheese filling and uses yeast to grow. http://www.indonesiancooking101.com/catalog/?category_id=19 The texture is more like pita bread, so not very similar to sourdough.