Rumali roti also called Manda. It is eaten with tandoori dishes. The word ''rumal'' means handkerchief in many north Indian languages, and the name ''rumali roti'' means handkerchief bread. In Punjab, it is also known as lamboo roti. Lamboo simply means long in Punjabi. It is also known as dosti roti in the Caribbean. This bread is extremely thin and limp, and served folded like a

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. Rumali is usually made with a combination of whole wheat

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and white wheaten

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and cooked on the convex side of a

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. A variation of rumali roti from Bannu and surrounding areas of

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is a much larger version called ''paasti'' or ''paosti chappatai'', which means soft chappati. They are served as part of a meal known as ''penda'', ( pa, پینډه) usually prepared for a large gathering. Paosti is baked on a batt, which is a 55-gallon drum split in half length-wise and inverted over

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or wood fire.

History

In the late Buddhist period, Mandaka, today called ''mande'' or ''manda'' or

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was a large paratha bread stuffed with sweetened pulse paste and baked on an inverted pot. Rumali roti is its plain version. Rumali roti.jpg, A chef preparing Rumali roti An aestheticRumani Rotti.jpg, Rumali roti

References

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