Breakfast
Pathiri
Thin rice-flour flatbreads from the Mappila kitchen of north Kerala.
About
Pathiri is a soft rice-flour bread of Malabar Muslim cooking, often served at breakfast or at festive meals with meat curry. Variants include nei pathiri fried in ghee and stuffed versions such as irachi pathiri.
Course
Breakfast / feast
Region
Malabar
Typically with
Chicken or mutton curry
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