ROTI OR OILY

Tuesday morning [LABOUR DAY!!!!] I was sitting in front of the television eating my usual all time favourite roti prata… As I sat there, I started using my fork to scrap the plate and I could see the track line of oil left be behind after my fork. Then as I head for another piece I stared at the shiny surface of the roti prata and hesitated. I was thinking… OH MAN LOOK HOW MUCH FATS WILL ENTER MY BODY!  So in the end I didn’t help myself to a second serving… how sad… my roti prata!!!!

Roti prata is a favourite complemented food in Singapore and it is well known for curry!!! Ooo……  

 Dun you get feel like eating ROTI now!!!!!!!

HOWEVER…..

Behind all these....

LOOK!

ROTI PRATA • 3 cups flour, plus more for rolling • 1 teaspoon salt • 5 tablespoon melted ghee or margarine • 1 cup warm milk ...

LOOK AT THE AMT OF GHEE IN THE ROTI PRATA!

Ghee is composed almost entirely of saturated fat. The over consumption of saturated fats can lead to a string of health problems. [Refer to our earlier posts abt the problems of saturated fats]

Genuine cow ghee is very expensive and not economical in the “business world”. Therefore, many people switched to the usage of “fake ghee” which is actually polyunsaturated or monounsaturated partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and often contains high percentages of trans fats, which are increasingly linked to serious chronic health conditions.

When cooking, it can be unhealthy to heat polyunsaturated oils such as vegetable oils to high temperatures. Doing so creates peroxides and other free radicals. These substances lead to a variety of health problems and diseases.

Roti Prata - simply the best!

Hello! i went to eat roti prata with Amelia at Lot1 today. Amelia had prata with cheese and mushroom, mine was cheese and sausage. YUM. But the usual prata man was not there. maybe he went to a prata eating contest!okay. not funny. I've always wondered how they alway manage to toss and 'play' with the prata. i mean, it's just an oily piece of dough how come it stretches more than bluetack?

Roti Prata is a pancake made of dough composed of fat, egg, flour and water and prepared specially similarly to roti canai. It is served with curry or, more rarely, with sugar or condensed milk.[ i like mine with sugar] The entire mixture is kneaded thoroughly, flattened, oiled and folded repeatedly. It is then allowed to proof and rise, and the process is repeated. The final round of preparation consists of flattening the dough ball, coating it with oil and then cooking on a flat iron skillet with a lot of oil. The ideal roti is flat, fluffy on the inside but crispy and flaky on the outside. Yeah. They are simply the best!

Some of the famous Roti Prata stalls in Singapore are:

• Thasevi Food Eating House, 237 Jalan Kayu
• The Best Roti Prata , Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1 #01-216
• The Roti Prata House, 246M Upper Thomson Road

         

Nutrition facts again!

One 41g piece of Roti Prata plain contains: 122kcal of energy, 3.0g of protein, 4g of fat in total, 19g of carbohydrates, 1g dietary fibre, 1mg cholestrol, 11mg of calcium and 226mg of sodium.

Since i ate my roti prata with extra stuff, i guess i ate more than just all that!

Oh my gosh, I just wrote an entry on donuts and just when I wanted to publish the post, MY MOUSE REFUSED TO WORK!!! That’s so vexing ok! It happened the previous time too, only that it was my keyboard which was spoilt.

Ok fine. I should stop digressing and talk about donuts (again). Well, donuts are sweet deep-fried piece of dough or batter. Some say that donuts were introduced to the North America by Dutch settles, while American Hanson Gregory claims to have invented the ring-shaped donut in 1847, when he was sixteen and on a lime-trading ship. But I say I came up with donuts! Ok fine. I’m just joking. (Sorry. I’m feeling really lame now. It must be the jitters from the humanities exam on Wednesday).

Donuts can be made from yeast-based dough for raised donuts, or a special type of cake batter. Yeast-raised donuts contain about 25% oil by weight, whereas cake donuts' oil content is around 20% but have extra fat included in the batter before frying.

Cake donuts are fried for about 90 seconds at approximately 190 to 198 degrees Celsius, turning once. Yeast-raised donuts absorb more oil because they take longer to fry, about 150 seconds, at 182 to 190 degrees Celsius.

Cake donuts typically weigh between 24 g and 28 g, whereas yeast-raised donuts average 38g and are generally larger when finished.

After being fried, ring donuts are often topped with a glaze (icing) or a powder such as cinnamon or sugar. Styles such as fritters and jelly donuts may be glazed and/or injected with jam or custard.

Overheating or over-using the frying oil, or undue exposure to air while hot, leads to formation of oxidation products, polymers and other deleterious or even toxic compounds such as acrylamide. Acrylamide is a white odourless crystalline solid, soluble in water, ethanol and chloroform. There is evidence that exposure to large doses can cause damage to the male reproductive glands. Direct exposure to pure acrylamide by inhalation, skin absorption, or eye contact irritates the exposed mucous membranes, e.g. the nose, and can also cause sweating, urinary incontinence, nausea, speech disorders, numbness and weakened legs and hands. In addition, the acrylamide monomer is a potent neurotoxin. According to a 2005 review,  acrylamide reliably produces various types of cancer in experimental mice and rats. However, studies in human populations have failed to produce consistent results, and it remains unclear whether this is due to a reduced risk in a natural setting or the methodological difficulties inherent in such studies. For example, it might be difficult to isolate the effects of acrylamide because it is so ubiquitous in western diets.

So, MAYBE donuts do cause cancer… But I highly doubt so. Maybe donuts in other countries do, but not Singapore, because the foods in Singapore should be safe for consumption right! Anyways, the donuts from the Donut Factory are really nice! (Karyn and Mel, you guys should try it too!)

(Drool, Mel, Drool.)

ice cream.... BAD OF GD?

ice cream....

Ice cream is every child, in fact everyone’s most loved dessert. Having a serving of ice cream twice a week will not do you any harm. However anything in excess will certainly do immense harm to your body.

 I LOVE ICE CREAM !!!

Ice cream was invented by the Vikings in the 9^th century AD. The colder climates of the Scandinavian Alps provided the perfect conditions for the Vikings to naturally manufacture ice cream. The Vikings then traveled down the coastlines of Europe and realised that ice cream could not survive in the temperate climate of mainland Europe and the British Isles, Hence returning to Alaska.

After generations of decline of the Vikings, Chinese explorers found the secret recipe of ice cream and took it back to their homeland. The Chinese claimed that they had known about ice cream since 387 BC, which was a blatant lie. Since then, it has always been incorrectly assumed that the Chinese invented ice cream.

BACK TO THE MORDERN WORLD OF ICE CRREAM…..

Ice cream is made from dairy products which is the fundamental nutrient our body require. Calcium is required for a balance diet hence eating dairy products in moderate amount is okay. However, the problem comes when these foods are eaten habitually in amount more then what your body needs.

Studies have shown that obesity affected some 21 percent of Americans, a six percent increase from the previous year. This is not only the result of excessive ice cream but also the accumulation of the various unhealthy food product.

Eating too many ice cream causes insulin levels to rise, sending your body a hormonal message essentially telling it to store fat while holding on to the fat that is already there. So not only will excess ice cream make you fat, they will make you stay fat. Limiting sugar is crucial in moderating this insulin response.

 That's all for ice cream..... although it might be termed FATTENING just eat them in moderation and everything will be fine.  heeheeee...