🇧🇩 Bangladeshi Cuisine

Dhakai Paratha

Layered Flatbread

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Medium
Calories 283 kcal

Flaky, multi-layered flatbread fried until golden and crispy, with buttery layers that shatter and separate — old Dhaka's signature bread.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix flour, salt, sugar, and ghee. Add water gradually to form a soft dough. Knead 8 min.
  2. 2 Rest dough 30 min covered.
  3. 3 Divide into balls. Roll each very thin, brush with oil/ghee.
  4. 4 Fold into pleats like a fan, then coil into a spiral. Rest 10 min.
  5. 5 Roll out each spiral into a round, maintaining layers.
  6. 6 Fry on a hot tawa with ghee, pressing edges, until golden and flaky on both sides.

Did You Know?

The best Dhakai paratha makers can create over 30 distinct layers in a single bread, visible when pulled apart.