Recipe: Delicious Rumali roti

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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.

Rumali roti Rumali Roti Recipe is a type of thin Indian bread that has come from Punjabi cuisine. Which is one of the popular cuisine of India. The bread is rolled very thin, thus the name "Rumali". You can have Rumali roti using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Rumali roti

  1. Prepare 1/2 cup of wheat flour.
  2. It's 1/2 cup of maida / all purpose flour.
  3. You need 1 pinch of salt.
  4. It's 2 spoon of oil.
  5. It's 1 cup of milk.

As the word literally means Handkerchief in punjabi. It is an art to make this bread as you require certain technique and experience to make it so thin. A traditional roti, difficult to make at home. Roll out as thinly as possible and stretch before cooking.

Rumali roti instructions

  1. Wheat flour, maida,salt,oil mix it well, add little milk make soft dough and keep it side for 30 min.
  2. Now make a very thin roti,heat the kadhai,sprinkle the salty water, make the rumali roti,served with your fav dish/ coriander chutney with onion rings.
  3. It is very soft and tasty...thank you.

Roomali rotis are paper thin soft maida and whole wheat flour rotis that are served folded like a handkerchief - hence the name. Roomali Roti is prepared from unleavened dough of different kinds of wheat flours, including atta and maida (all purpose flour) sieved together and further kneaded with milk and salt. Rumali Roti , a extremely thin flat bread made from the combination of wheat flour and maida(all purpose flour). It's quite common in indian sub continent. Rumal means handkerchief in many north indian language, since this roti is so thin to fold like handkerchief, it got the name "Rumali Roti".