Roti Bengali is not…Bengali? According to this netizen, the bread, which is typically called Roti Bengali, is not from Bengal at all but is a Malaysian creation.
Here is a video of the explanation shared via a local radio station. Give it a watch now.
“This is the interesting thing. It is called Roti Bengali right? But it doesn’t c0me from Bengal or anywhere else in the world.”
“It’s Malaysian.”
The DJ then asks, “So why isn’t it just called Roti Malaysia?”
This netizen adds, “It is actually a product of Penang.”
“It was formed in Penang in 1928, 95 years ago, by Sheikh Mohammed Ismail, who opened the British Malaya Bakery in Georgetown and it was originally called Roti Panggali, which means ‘shareholder’.”
“Over time, it was people who mispronounces the word, got it corrupted and converted to Roti Bengali.”
If you did not know this fact? You know it now!
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