Cheka paratha

Bangladeshi flat bread

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

  • About

Delicious with butter, and often enjoyed with tea, this is a dried, crispy bread that folds into itself so it has multiple layers, much like a croissant, or a very basic puff pastry. But don’t panic, it’s not as complex as the turning process required for croissants — the layers are achieved by a few simple folds.

The key is not to overthink it. You are basically making a roti with the dough recipe, and then layering the roti by rolling the roti, and then pressing it down and rollin