Roti sai mai is a Southeast Asian dessert from Thailand whose name means silk thread, referring to its filling of cotton candy wrapped in a thin, sweet roti flatbread. The flatbread is sometimes colored green with pandan leaf, and sesame seeds often garnish the top. The dessert reflects Indian Muslim influence and was historically sold by traders across both urban and rural Thailand. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Roti sai mai is a Southeast Asian dessert from Thailand whose name means silk thread, referring to its filling of cotton candy wrapped in a thin, sweet roti flatbread.
In Cuisine: Thai Cuisine, lead paragraph
Roti sai mai (Thai: โรตีสายไหม, pronounced [rōː.tīː.sǎːj.mǎj]; sai mai meaning 'silk thread') is a Southeast Asian dessert from Thailand.
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