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Making Curry Rotis as a Side Hustle in South Africa
Hybrid Learning Solutions · e-book
R149 incl. VAT
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About this book
How to make and sell curry rotis from your own kitchen: soft, layered rotis rolled by hand, and thick curries that wrap well.
Who it is for
- Home cooks who want to sell rotis.
- Anyone starting a roti stall at a market or taxi rank.
- Community, church and college courses. Lecturers get a free Facilitator Guide.
What you will learn
- Flour, fat, measuring, the spice cupboard and allergens.
- The dough, resting, layering with ghee, coiling and cooking, and fixing tough, hard, burnt or flat rotis.
- One basic curry method, and bean, potato, chicken, mutton, vegetable and Cape Malay curries thick enough to wrap.
- Food safety for hot food: cooking to 75 °C, holding at 60 °C, cooling fast and reheating once.
- Scaling a recipe from 20 to 80, and working with a helper.
- Folding, wrapping, packaging and labels.
- Costing, pricing and selling from home, to offices, at a taxi rank and at markets.
- The legal side, gas and kitchen safety, and a business plan.
The people in the book
- A mother in Chatsworth who sells bean and mutton rotis to offices on Fridays by WhatsApp pre-order.
- A Cape Malay cook in Athlone with a Saturday market stall.
- A young woman in Tembisa who sells breakfast roti wraps near the taxi rank.
- A retired caterer in Phoenix, who gives advice in every chapter.
What is in the book
- 12 chapters with 26 diagrams and photographs.
- Worked examples, with every sum shown, and practice exercises with answers.
- A business file: roti log, recipe cards, food-safety log, batch plan, costing sheet, sales log and business plan.
- 144 practice questions in the app.
The rules for selling food are taught in general terms, so you always check with your municipality. No brands are named.
For lecturers
A free Facilitator Guide, with session plans, class food-safety and gas rules and every answer, is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.
What is inside
- Chapter 1: Getting Started
- Chapter 2: Ingredients and Spices
- Chapter 3: Making Rotis
- Chapter 4: Curries for Rotis
- Chapter 5: Food Safety for Hot Food
- Chapter 6: Scaling Up
- Chapter 7: Packaging and Serving
- Chapter 8: Costing and Pricing
- Chapter 9: Selling
- Chapter 10: The Legal Side
- Chapter 11: Gas and Kitchen Safety
- Chapter 12: Growing the Business and Your Business Plan
- Appendix