A thin, unleavened flatbread common in Indian, Pakistani, and Caribbean cuisine, made from flour and water.
From Hindi/Sanskrit 'rotika' or 'rota,' ultimately from Sanskrit 'rotam' meaning 'food.' The word traveled from South Asia into English through British colonial contact and global food culture.
Roti is one of the world's simplest and most perfect foods—just flour, water, and heat—yet it's the daily bread for over a billion people, and different regions have their own styles (chapati, paratha, puri) that are subtly different.
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