Chaler Rooti—Soft, Puffy Roti made with Rice!

Chaal'er ruti, or chaal'er aata-r ruti, is a type of flatbread made from rice instead of wheat flour. In the fourth episode of Pasher Barir Ranna with ‪@SalmaTheChef‬, Salma casually displays her absolute mastery of rice flour. Rice flour is hard—both literally and figuratively. To turn raw rice flour into thin, translucent, pristine-white bread that remains soft even the next day is a mind-bogglingly hard task, as anyone who has worked with rice flour will attest.

These breads made from rice flour are staples in Bengali Muslim homes. Salma learned this from her mother while growing up in West Midnapore. In this episode she generously shares everything that she has learnt over the years making chaler ruti.

Chaal'er ruti can be eaten with anything that you would normally eat with ruti but it goes best with meat curries. Especially in winter these rice rotis are served with a spicy duck curry. As Salma mentioned, chaal'er ruti and chhola'r dal'er halwa are staples in Bengali Muslim households on Shab-e-Barat.

Interestingly, we found that rice roti is also common in Coorg where it is called otti or akki roti. We remember having otti with their delicious Coorgi pandi curry many years back!

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📝 FULL WRITTEN RECIPE WITH INGREDIENT LIST
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🎵 Music: "Barir pashe arshi nagar" originally composed by Lalon Fakir in the 1800s.
Re-arranged and recorded for Bong Eats by
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Abhijit Kundu (guitar)
Nilesh Banerjee (drums)