Paratha is a North Indian layered bread. They are typically made with a dough of atta whole wheat flour that is enriched with ghee or oil, and layered with an herb or vegetable ingredient.
Name origins
From Sanskrit.
Paratha
fried flatbread originating in the Indian subcontinent
Contained by:
Kothu parotta
Characteristic of:
Bangladeshi cuisine
Bengal cuisine
Bihari cuisine
Burmese cuisine
Fijian cuisine
Indian cuisine
Kashmiri cuisine
Nepalese cuisine
North Indian cuisine
Pashtun cuisine
Punjabi cuisine
Sindhi cuisine
Trinidad and Tobago cuisine
Uttar Pradeshi cuisine
Subcategories:
Lachha paratha
Also known as:
Malayalam:
Parotta
Wikidata ID:
Q59707
Wikipedia title:
Paratha
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