Variety of Indian Breads

Go into any region of India, no food is complete without bread. Every Indian culture from north to south, east to west every small village to big cities they have their own culture and tradition more importantly while it comes to the food. Food is the necessity of life, and here on every step, you move you will find different culture, language, climate and dressing sense, etc. From the ancient time, people of India adopted and set them with the exact mood of the place or region they are living in to. Every Indian region had very profound legacies and it is not required to say that a single region is incomplete without bread along with so many food items, Bread is the most important elements which is required to complete Indian food, it has different types but yes Indian food can't survive without the Indian bread.

Almost all the Indian region people are so used to have breadlike as of aloo paratha, puri or one can say there are n numbers of bread-like food available across the country. Traveling around some regions saw that steaming puri's and chole is one the highly famous breakfast in India. Most of south India is equipped with dosa's and while you reach into Bengal/Kolkata one can find luchis, and in Punjab kulcha, in Gujrat, there is thepla which comes as the main form of bread. Basically, these mentioned types of bread came out from their particular region and ruling the food across the country in terms of highly eaten bread in India.

We have so many types of aromatic curries and spicy stir-fries with different gravy's and this bread are one of the integral parts of our food.  On a daily basis, most of Indian preferred to have the form of roti's made up with the whole wheat flour. Further sub-combination comes with the different types of grains as of ragi, Makki,bajra, jowar, soya beans, etc. to add nutrition.

I thought I should count the variety of Indian bread, herewith I am sharing some of the highly used forms of Indian bread having a diversification of bread which is rare to find in other areas of the world, can say in other urban countries.

Types of Roti : 

1. Chapati, Fulka, Roomali Roti, Missi Roti: Apart there is a large range of rotis made up with the different grains flours. Process of preparing roti is almost the same, only change one can find is in the way how one cooks it like in tandoor, tawa, etc.

2.Puri: Form of bread which is eaten in every part of India, especially in Bengal and Kolkata where they call it as luchi. Similar to Roti this also goes well with dry and gravy, vegetables.

3.Paratha: This is the type of bread with so many gracious yes gracious :) subtypes which are healthier, more heavenly in taste and further the number of variables it has, including simple paratha, laccha paratha, stuffed paratha from aloo/potatoes which is more famous in all over the country. Along with the different range of stuffed paratha. I can't stop to mention the level of experiment Indian chef's has done while it comes to the Indian paratha. And the variations one can find in Paratha are numerous.

4. Appam and Dosa: These are the staple south Indian cuisines, which are almost like pancakes and prepared with the fermented rice and gram flour. This type of bread has it's a specific choice to go with and highly consumed with the sambhar a type of dal and chutney. Further, Pathiri is again a type of bread used in southern parts of India, which is not famous as of Dosa and appam.And yes can't stop to mention uttapam which is again one of the highly appreciated breakfast and serving snack across the country.

5. Pooran Poli/ ParanPoli: I must say this is the queen of bread, as it has its own space, this is the only sweet flatbread which is known for its uniqueness and goes well with some limited serving as of ghee, butter, etc. It is prepared with gram dal /chana dal and sweeter in taste consumed by the regions especially Deccan, northern, southern areas. It is also is known to be the festival food in the Maharashtra region.

6. Thalipeeth, Thepla, Chilla: These are some of the bread which are very spicy and comes from the Gujarati/Maharashtrian cuisines. Made up with different grams and spices, makes your tastebuds tangy and salty.

7. Kulcha/Naan/Bhatura: These type of bread is a highly popular form favored and welcomed by almost every Indian house. These type of bread comes from the Punjab region. These pieces of bread are soft/fluffy and unlike to the wheat flour, prepared with the maida (a type of flour). Importantly, prepared with yeasted and yogurt made dough. Goes well with gravy dishes and along with the Punjabis these bread is served in most of the Indian families on different occasions, party's lunch, and dinner.

This is not the limitation 'Indian bread' ends up to, one can write a thesis on the so many variations on the types of Bread consumed in the vast country like India. I have just mentioned some. And I must write, that I have not included so many which needs to be there and deserve to get noticed.