Indian Bread

Bread is such an important part of Indian meals. We have or can have these for all the three meals of the day. Parathas are a very common and popular breakfast option in North India. We cannot imagine our meal at festivals without poori. Any special curry calls for some naan or so. Bread is an integral part of Indian meals and thankfully there is a variety of it. Some of the Indian-Breads are

• Roti/Phulka
• Paratha
• Poori
• Naan
• Kulcha
• Tandoori Roti
• Rumali Roti

etc. and their variations.

The best part about Indian bread is that it can be prepared at home. Indian bread doesn’t call for many or rare ingredients. With all that is generally available in the Indian pantry, the Indian bread can be prepared.

You may not have a fancy gravy or dal on your menu, but you can pep up your dinner or lunch by teaming it up with some perfectly made naan or lachha paratha.

Here are a few Indian-Breads which you can easily make at your home:

Tandoori Roti:

This is a very simple Indian bread. It is the closest to the most popular one i.e. roti. Tandoor is a clay oven and as the name suggests tandoori roti is prepared in the same. However, you can easily make the tandoori roti at home on a tawa.

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Lachha Paratha:

Paratha is shallow fried Indian bread made using whole wheat flour (generally). Lachha paratha is a plain paratha but it has many layers which makes it totally awesome and drool some. These layers are called lachha and therefore the paratha is so-called. You might like our collection of paratha recipes.

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Instant Butter Naan:

Butter naan as the name suggests is a buttery flatbread that has crisp exterior and soft insides. Generally, butter naan is prepared using yeast. However, this recipe can be prepared without any yeast or tandoor. It is very easy to make this Indian bread at home. If you are looking for a healthier option, you might like whole wheat naan.

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Khoba roti:

Khoba roti is a part of Rajasthani food, a designer roti! A thick chapati using whole wheat bread with some ghee/clarified butter is prepared and pinched to make a pattern. The pinching not only gives a very beautiful look to the roti but also helps it get cooked properly. You might like bejad ki roti, bajra roti, makki ki roti.

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Rumali Roti:

Rumali Roti Recipe with step by step pictures- Thin and soft flatbread made with all-purpose flour or a combination of all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour, cooked in a unique manner on the convex of a kadai, folded like a hanker chief and served, is rumali roti.

View the recipe here.

Kesar Poori:

Kesar Poori is whole wheat deep fried bread which has an unexplored flavour of saffron and gorgeous color. Kesar poori can be served with Indian gravies such as Matar paneer, butter paneer masala, and others. Poori is an elite poori which I make for festivals or special occasions.

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Missi Roti:

Missi roti is an Indian flatbread which has a distinct texture and lot more flavors than the regular roti or chapatti. It is often ordered at the restaurant and dhabas. Although it is super easy and simple to make at home!

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Besan ki Roti:

Healthy and flavorful flatbread made with gram flour and whole wheat flour, from the state of Haryana, is besan masala roti. It is flavored with the most basic spices and fresh ingredients.

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Akki Roti:

Akki Roti belongs to Karnataka cuisine. Akki means rice and roti means flatbread which implies that akki roti is a flatbread prepared using rice, rice flour to be practical and particular. Well, this is not it. Akki roti has much more to it.

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Aloo Kulcha:

Aloo Kulcha is a baked flatbread that is soft as well as flaky and has a very tantalizing stuffing of potato. It has the crunch of onions and the hit of peppercorns and chilies along with the punch of anardana!! Aloo Kulcha is very famous in North India.

View the recipe here.