Malabar parotta
A layered Kerala flatbread made with an unleavened refined-wheat dough, stretched, coiled and cooked on a tawa.
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Punjabi aloo paratha
Unleavened wheat flatbreads filled with seasoned mashed potato and cooked on a tawa. This Punjabi-style batch makes eight.
Southern-style buttermilk biscuits
A small batch of tender American quick breads made with cold butter, buttermilk and baking powder.
Scottish tattie scones: Scottish Scran version
Scottish Scran’s batch combines boiled potatoes, butter and flour, then cooks three thin rounds on a dry pan.
Balep korkun
A Central Tibetan style pan bread made from flour, water and baking powder. Four dough balls are rested, rolled into rounds and cooked covered in a skillet, turning them several times.
Lachha paratha with coriander and cumin
A layered wheat paratha, rolled with ghee, coriander, garlic and cumin and cooked on a tawa. This batch makes twelve.
Khakhra
A thin Gujarati wheat flatbread, pressed and roasted over low heat until crisp and lightly browned.
Methi thepla
A Gujarati flatbread made with fresh fenugreek leaves, wheat, gram and millet flours, and spices. This batch makes about 11.
Almojábanas
Small Colombian cheese breads made with precooked corn flour, queso fresco, mozzarella, eggs, milk and baking powder. This documented home version makes eight breads and is served warm.
Farinata (Riviera dei Fiori recipe)
This farinata is a chickpea-flour batter baked with olive oil in a pan. The Riviera dei Fiori version makes six and uses a 200–250°C oven.
Akki rotti (Karnataka rice-flour flatbread)
This Karnataka-style akki rotti mixes fine rice flour with vegetables, coconut, herbs and spices, then hand-pats and griddle-cooks the dough.
Kulcha
A plain North Indian kulcha uses an all-purpose wheat dough with yogurt, baking powder and soda, then rests and cooks on a hot tawa; optional seeds and roasting fat finish it.
Takakau (skillet flatbread)
Christall Lowe's whānau takakau is an eight-piece wheat flatbread enriched with milk and oil or butter, rested briefly, then cooked one at a time in a skillet.
Socca niçoise
A Nice socca batter of chickpea flour, water, olive oil and salt, spread thin on a 50-centimetre copper plate and baked very hot. This formula is distinct from the Genoese farinata page.
Chapati
This measured chapati uses whole-wheat atta and water, with salt and oil or ghee optional. Rest the dough, roll it thin and cook through on a hot tawa; it is distinct from the partly cooked, puffed phulka route.
Bajra roti
A pearl-millet flatbread shaped between sheets and cooked on a hot tawa. This home batch makes eight.
Rumali roti
Thin, soft wheat flatbreads rolled wide and cooked quickly on a hot tawa. Their name refers to a handkerchief.
Makki di roti
A Punjabi maize-flour flatbread cooked on a tawa. This version adds a little whole-wheat flour and fresh fenugreek.
Missi roti
A chickpea-and-wheat flatbread made with spices, onion and herbs, rolled and cooked on a tawa. This batch makes sixteen.
Jowar bhakri
Jowar bhakri is an unleavened sorghum flatbread, hand-patted or gently rolled and griddle-cooked across parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Maize tortillas
Fresh nixtamalized maize is ground into masa, pressed into thin rounds and cooked on a comal. This Mexican home formula uses food-grade cal viva and makes about 20 tortillas.
Scottish oatcakes
A thin Scottish oatcake of medium oatmeal, butter, salt, bicarbonate of soda and boiling water. This measured oven adaptation differs from older girdle methods and soft, yeasted Staffordshire oatcakes.
Bara brith
Bara brith is Wales’s speckled fruit loaf, made in both yeasted bread forms and the widely served modern tea-loaf style. This version soaks dried fruit in strong tea before mixing it with self-raising flour, spice, sugar and egg.