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Two types of roti are eaten: chapati/flat roti and paratha/flaky roti. Flaky roti is also called Malay roti. When eaten with a curry filling, usually mutton, chicken or mince, the roti is called a Salomie. A roti gatsby is a popular takeaway dish where the bread of the filled gatsby, a popular sandwich is replaced several rotis and folded.
Some of these, like paratha and roti, have many varieties. Some varieties depend on the kind of grain used to prepare them, and others depend on the fillings they contain. Dosa – a typical dish in South India. In Tamil Nadu the popular adai dishes are made from millet dough or rice dough
Chapati (alternatively spelled chapathi; pronounced as IAST: capātī, capāṭī, cāpāṭi), also known as roti, rooti, rotee, rotli, rotta, safati, shabaati, phulka, chapo (in East Africa), sada roti (in the Caribbean), poli (in Marathi), and roshi (in the Maldives), [1] is an unleavened flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent and is a staple in India, Nepal, Bangladesh ...
Paratha (pronounced [pəˈɾɑːtʰɑː], also parantha/parontah) is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, [2] [3] with earliest reference mentioned in early medieval Sanskrit, India; [2] prevalent throughout the modern-day countries of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar, [1] Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad ...
Karamath Roti Shop a.k.a. D' Humming Bird Roti Shop at Coffee Street in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago where the roti (wrap) is said to have been invented. A roti is a wrap style sandwich filled with either curried or sometimes stewed meats or vegetables wrapped inside a dhalpuri, [1] paratha, or dosti roti. [2]
Indentured labourers from British India also introduced the bread to the Caribbean, where it is called the "buss-up-shut roti" referring to the way the bread is beaten after cooking to free up the layers until it looks like a 'bust-up shirt', as well as to Mauritius, Maldives and Guyana, where it was given the names farata and oil roti. [6] [2]
Kottu, [18] is made up of paratha or wheat flour (Godamba roti), which is cut into small pieces or ribbons. [18] Then on a heated iron sheet or griddle, vegetables and onions are fried. Eggs, cooked meat, or fish are added to fried vegetables and heated for a few minutes.
Chapati is a circular flatbread made of flour, water, and oil that is then cooked on a stove. It's been a staple in Indian households for many centuries and is even mentioned in old Sanskrit texts. Chapati originated in India and later spread to Southeast and Central Asia, East Africa, and the Caribbean, where it remains part of the everyday diet.