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“Silk-thin flatbread wrapped around spun sugar so fine it dissolves on your tongue.”

Roti sai mai

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Roti sai mai (Thai: โรตีสายไหม, pronounced [rōː.tīː.sǎːj.mǎj]; sai mai meaning 'silk thread') is a Southeast Asian dessert from Thailand. Roti sai mai is an Indian Muslim-influenced dessert served by wrapping cotton candy in sweet roti. The rolling floss or cotton candy is thin, silky strings of spun sugar, found in a variety of hues. The roti (flatbread) is very thin and made from white or colored flour; green flour colored using pandan leaves. Sesame is often sprinkled on the top.

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Roti sai mai is where Indian Muslim tradition meets Thai ingenuity—a dessert that wraps spun sugar fine as silk thread inside a tissue-thin flatbread. The roti itself is delicate, made from white or pandan-green flour, and topped with a scatter of sesame. It's the textural contrast that matters here: the dissolving sweetness of cotton candy meeting the yielding softness of roti.

Order it here when it has

  • silky, delicate texture
  • vibrant visual variety
  • Indian Muslim heritage influence

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