Pakistani

Roti (Tawa Flatbread)

Name: Roti (Tawa Flatbread)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 3 cups atta (whole wheat flour); 1 tsp salt; 1.25 cups water; 1 tbsp ghee

Shaheen Akhtar @shaheen_apa

Roti (Tawa Flatbread) is Pakistani home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

35 min Easy Vegetarian Halal Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3 cups atta (whole wheat flour)
1 tsp salt
1.25 cups water
1 tbsp ghee

How to cook it

Mix the atta with the salt, then add the water a little at a time, working it into a soft dough that just clears the bowl.
Knead 8 minutes until it is smooth and springs back when pressed, then cover it and rest it 20 minutes.
Divide into balls the size of a lime and roll each one out into a thin round, dusting with dry atta as you go.
Heat a tawa or heavy pan until a drop of water skitters across it. Lay a roti on and cook 30 seconds until small bubbles rise.
Turn it, cook 30 seconds more, then turn again and press the edges gently with a cloth so it puffs into a ball.
Brush with a little ghee and stack the rotis in a covered cloth so they stay soft. Make them fresh at the meal, never in advance.

Watch how to cook Roti (Tawa Flatbread)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Atta Tandoori Roti On Tawa - Dhaba Style - Tandoori Roti Without Tandoor At Home - BaBa Food RRC Play the video

Serve it with

A Pakistani dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Roti (Tawa Flatbread), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Aloo Anday (Potato and Egg Bhujia)
  
  22 min
The protein alongside
- Chanay ki Daal (Split Bengal Gram)
  
  45 min
The cooked vegetable
- Aloo Gobi ki Sabzi (Potato and Cauliflower)
  
  35 min
The sharp little thing
- Podine Wala Raita (Mint Yogurt)
  
  10 min
Something cool and fresh
- Laccha Pyaz (Onion Salad with Lemon)
  
  8 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Roti (Tawa Flatbread) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Roti (Tawa Flatbread)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Matar Pulao (Whole Spice Pea Rice)
Gluten	Yes	Makai ki Roti (Corn Flatbread)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 230 kcal
Protein: 8 g
Carbs: 45 g
Fat: 2 g
Fiber: 6 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 380 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Roti (Tawa Flatbread) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.