Kerala parathas in the making : wheat flour dough pleated and rotated into spirals ready to be pan fried. Munnar, Kerala India


A paratha /parantha /porotta/ paratta is a flaky pastry like multilayered flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent Kerala paratha also called Kerala porotta or Malabar paratha is a popular dish in "Thattukadas" the ubiquitous small wayside restaurants in Kerela. Indian immigrants took the paratha to Malaysia and Mauritius where it is known as farata . In Singapore variations such as roti canai and roti prata In Myanmar it is known as palata and eaten with curries or as a dessert with white sugar Htat ta ya literally a hundred layers is a fried flaky multilayered paratha with either sugar or boiled peas pè byouk . In Trinidad and Tobago it is commonly called buss up shut/ burst up shirt


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Location: Munnar Kerala India
Photo credit: © Ladi Kirn / Alamy / Afripics
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