parotta

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noun

A layered flatbread of parts of South Asia, made with maida flour.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounparotta (countable and uncountable, plural parottas)

plural parottas · alternative porotta

  1. countableuncountableA layered flatbread of parts of South Asia, made with maida flour.

    The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. It’s perfect with rice or frozen parotta. Parotta is a layered Indian flatbread that is time-consuming to make, but you can buy an excellent version frozen from Indian grocers – just don’t tell anyone.

    2013 August 2, Stevie Parle, “A meat cheat? Recipes with aubergine”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019

Origin

  1. Marathiपरोठा
  2. Malayalamപൊറോട്ട
  3. Tamilபரோட்டா
  4. Englishparotta

Borrowed from Tamil பரோட்டா (parōṭṭā) and/or Malayalam പൊറോട്ട (poṟōṭṭa), in turn borrowed from Marathi परोठा (paroṭhā). Doublet of paratha.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parotta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parotta.

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