Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cook's Companion: A step-by-step guide to cooking skills including original recipes

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1991

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Method

Like chapatis, parathas are an unleavened bread often served with an Indian meal. They are similar to chapatis but the difference is that once the basic dough is made, it is then rolled and layered with ghee or melted clarified butter and then rolled out into a variety of shapes, including rounds, squares and triangles (the shape used here). Instead of gh