Rumali roti is a paper thin Mughlai style flat bread which can be folded like a handkerchief, infact the term “rumali” refers to handkerchief! Rumali roti is primarily a north indian flat bread and I’ve tasted just a few times in some Muslim restaurants in Chennai and never really ordered anywhere here in USA. Out of curiosity 😯 have tried…
indian flat bread
Laccha Paratha is a kind of layered flat bread made with Whole wheat flour (Atta). The term "laccha" means spiral or rings in Punjabi, the atta dough is stretched, rolled in the form of rings, stuffed with fat and shallow fried, resulting in mutlilayered flaky bread. This is closely related to our South Indian Parotta except the fact that it is purely made with whole wheat. While Plain Laccha paratha / paranthas are just stuffed with ghee/butter/vegetable fat/vanaspathi , the spiced up versions takes many turns.