Indian Flatbread Recipe- Parotta Bread
Parotta bread is a flaky flatbread that is layered and cooked on a griddle or tawa. Like some other Indian flatbreads, this recipe for parotta is unleavened and served alongside other savory dishes. This crispy Indian bread recipe is super tasty and has the perfect flaky texture! Learn how to make parotta step by step here.
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour or maida flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 + 4 tablespoons butter or ghee separated
- 1 ½ cups water hot
Instructions
- Place flour, salt, 1 tablespoon softened butter (or ghee) and hot water in the bowl of an electric stand mixer and knead it on low-medium speed with the dough hook attachment
- Allow it to mix for several minutes, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl and it is elasctic and soft
- Cover it with plastic and let it rest for 30 minutes
- Separate the dough into 12 pieces
- Roll the dough into balls and put some softened butter or ghee on top of each ball
- With the palm of your hand, press the dough down and out from the middle, thinning it out into a paper thin rectangle. It's ok if it gets a few holes. Add more butter or ghee if its hard to stretch it out thin *see pics in post
- Along the length of the dough, fold a one inch piece at the top and the bottom. Fold again until it meets in the middle. You should have a long and thin length of layered bead dough *see pics in post
- Roll the folded dough together so that it looks like a flower. This is what gives the parotta bread its buttery layers
- Heat a tawa or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Melt more butter in the pan
- When the pan is hot, roll out 1-2 dough flowers until thin and place them in the hot buttered pan. Cook the bread on one side until it begins to bubble and turn golden brown.
- Brush the uncooked side of the bread with butter before flipping. Flip the bread an cook on the other side for about 1 minute
- Brown spots should begin to form on the bread. Flip it once more so that it gets browned on both sides. Remove from pan and serve warm
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!