Side, Snack, Appetizer
Paratha
Paratha (pronounced [pəˈɾɑːtʰɑː]) is a flatbread native to the indian subcontinent, prevalent throughout the modern-day nations of india, sri lanka, pakistan, nepal, bangladesh, maldives, myanmar, malaysia, singapore, mauritius, fiji, guyana, suriname, and trinidad and tobago where wheat is the traditional staple. paratha is an amalgamation of the words parat and atta, which literally means layers of cooked dough. alternative spellings and names include parantha, parauntha, prontha, parontay, paronthi
(punjabi), porota (in bengali), paratha (in odia, hindi, malayalam), palata (pronounced [pəlàtà]; in myanmar), porotha (in assamese), forota (in sylheti), farata (in mauritius and the maldives), roti canai, prata (in southeast asia), paratha, buss-up shut, oil roti (in the anglophone caribbean).