Rumali roti

Rumali roti also called Manda is a thin flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India and in Punjab, Pakistan. It is eaten with tandoori dishes. The word rumal means handkerchief in many north Indian languages, and the name rumali roti means handkerchief bread. In Punjab, it is also known as lamboo roti. Lamboo simply means long in Punjabi. It is also known as dosti roti in the Caribbean.

Rumali roti
A stack of Rumali roti prepared in India
Alternative namesRoomali roti, lamboo roti
Place of originDeccan, India
Region or stateHyderabad, India
Associated national cuisineIndia, Bangladesh, Pakistan
Main ingredientsAtta and maida flour
VariationsPaasti, Paosti

This bread is extremely thin and limp, and served folded like a handkerchief. During the Mughal period, Rumali roti was used as a cloth to wipe the grease off the hands at the end of a rich meal.

Rumali is usually made with a combination of whole wheat atta flour and white wheaten maida flour and cooked on the convex side of a karahi.

A variation of rumali roti from Bannu and surrounding areas of Waziristan is a much larger version called paasti or paosti chappatai, which means soft chappati. They are served as part of a meal known as penda, (Punjabi: پینډه) usually prepared for a large gathering. Paosti is baked on a batt, which is a 55-gallon drum split in half length-wise and inverted over coal or wood fire.[1]

History

In the late Buddhist period, Mandaka, today called mande or manda or puran poli was a large paratha bread stuffed with sweetened pulse paste and baked on an inverted pot.[2] Rumali roti is its plain version.

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References
  1. Mehran. "Mehran Posti". Haji Kalay: themehru.
  2. Achaya K. T. (1994). "Indian Food Tradition A Historical Companion". Retrieved 31 January 2019.


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