Prestige Xclusive Stainless Steel PRM 5.0 Roti Maker with Demo CD (Silver)

Did not heed other bad reviews of the roti maker and I am facing the same issues.... takes too long to heat up, heats up very weakly and does not keep the heat.... so essentially it takes very long to make even one roti properly. Have been using roti makers for years, and am very comfortable with them... so there was really no learning curve for me. This one is just junk- if the maker doesn't heat up well, its not gonna cook fast or easily. When the dough is pressed, it also sticks to the upper lid because its not hot enough. Temperature dial is just a show piece; high or low setting, nothing helps! Do not waste your money. Can't believe it is branded by Prestige! Should have relied on the other reviews before buying but at the time, this was the only one available.UPDATE..... the handle just broke as well, rendering it utterly useless now!

Perfect roti!! I used this to make pooris, rotis and cheela. For poori & roti, I flattened the atta on this instead of using chakla & belan. Then put the puri in oil and roti on tawa. Both puri and roti came out very well as expected. No need to use chakla, belan and dry flour to roll the roti.Cheela also came out very well. Initial few were crispy as I left too long on this. Later ones were soft after I reduced the temperature and turned them faster.One tip for soft puri/ roti is that the kneaded dough should be very soft. Then it’ll spread evenly in a round shape and thin body.Saves my time a lot!!

It takes a few attempts to get the chapattis correct. The pressure applied to flatten the dough, the moisture level of the dough need to be just right. Once you get that right you are able to get nice soft chapattis. If shape is not important for you, then no need to waste time making balls of the dough. Also, keeping the dough to rest for 30 mins (as they recommend) seems to make no difference, so now I make the rotis immediately after kneading.Areas for improvement:1. The demo video on the CD says that the green light will come ON when the device is ready to start making chapattis. However the user manual booklet (which is correct) states the opposite.2. The temperature knob turns 270 degrees: It has "Max" written at one end, "0" written at the other and "Min" written at the 180 degree mark. What is the remaining 90 degrees of rotation for?3. While the rotis do puff up a little bit, it is no where near as much as they show in the demo video. Also, you have to keep turning and pressing the roti (with a wooden spoon) while it is on the roti maker. Even at Max I feel the temperature is not hot enough and it takes quite long to cook each roti.

While I didn't expect a eureka moment when I unboxed this, mostly because of the negative reviews, I was smiling to myself when I shallow fried five mathiyas, a Gujarati delicacy my folks picked up en route when they were at my place last May, and which is mostly prepared during diwali though now available round the year, using two teaspoons of olive oil on it (one teaspoon, two completely fried, one half fried, another teaspoon, and two more). That was fun and they tasted just as their deep fried version does. The photo is of one of the mathiyas I fried.Since I don't know how to make dough, it would be some time before I bake rotis on it. I believe when shallow frying turned out great, pancakes and omelettes would be just fine. Of course, there wouldn't be any omelette on my roti maker as I am a vegetarian. I also used it to make butter toast, another item not mentioned on the list it is capable of making. This means you can, if you’re not finicky about it, make sandwiches on it as well. Only you need to keep it full throttle if you intend to serve the whole household as after second or third round, it cools down to the point of being useless until fully reheated. And that takes more time than the cold start does. For one or two though you can keep it at five (there are no numbers; you need to count the “stops” to get there), and it would save power.Currently, I'm happy with this purchase as far as food is concerned. But the bad is there too.Although it is made in India, the quality is very Chinese. The handle is too flimsy: you can break it by compressing it in your fist if you want to. The steel body is also more like a thin sheet than a durable plate. The semblance of brushed metal, if that was attempted, is pathetic. Or the body was polished before packaging (probably because it is a returned piece they sold me) as there were streaks on it. The knob had detached in the box and I had to fix it. There were tiny bits of bakelite too, probably broken from the handle though I couldn't find visible breakage there. Quality of the cable is also Chinese level, which is approximately a meter long and can be wound under the base. The plug is five amp.The included CD was useless for me as my laptop doesn't have an optical drive. It is bit old school too as optical disks are getting phased out by flash drives and Prestige could have provided a four GB flash drive instead of the CD, as the former are reusable and cheaper than pressing optical disks.11 August 2020Now with some 5 kg dough (wheat and multigrain) passed under my hands, I have to say that this mostly fails on the main purpose. No doubt, the required consistency dough (rather sticky, that is) makes great rotis and when fresh, taste almost as good as baked on a traditional tava but you cannot eat them once cold (I tried reheating in microwave oven as well as on tava: nothing doing). Also you cannot use leftover dough or the rotis turn out leathery, hot or cold. Another thing I tried on it was besan chilla but I ended up with dark brown outsides and almost raw inside. Maybe my batter was not of the required consistency but thick or thin, it’s either half-cooked or overcooked. While crépes (thin batter) stick to the surface. So this is a mixed-bag appliance that does some things better, others not so good.

Hi,Of late there has been a dip in the product quality and customer service of Prestige. After using the product for 6 months, the handle has come off. We were expecting this to happen since the build quality is fine for the rest of the part but the top handle is of very poor quality and as expected broke after some use.I also have a Prestige chimney/hob which is not no longer working and I'm having a very hard time getting it repaired/ replaced.Overall I would not recommend this product considering the price you are paying for it. Attached a picture to show the issue. At present have had to tape it up.

This is really good product for people in lockdown and no maid coming...but we actually we will prefer it even when maid start coming as gives hot rotis....rotis are little thick but soft and in staring it takes atleast 4 5 days to get handson but later it's fun....my 8 year daughter also loves roti made in this rather than doing it manually....hope this review helps....

The way product looks is really good but the way it works is extremely bad. It's not a roti maker it seems to be a papad maker only. Doesn't work