I recently found myself at a modern Indian restaurant, tearing into a warm, flaky paratha. Surprisingly, I realized that I ...

In Persian, bread baked on hot pebbles is called "nân-e sangak," which is where the Indian bread gets its name ... trapped inside causes the dough to puff up. The bread's iconic pocket makes ...

Making parathas uses a similar technique to making puff pastry: layering with ghee ... Unlike with Western bread-making, Indian breads have only a few steps and require very little effort to ...

Since the 2010s, the number of Indian restaurants has been on ... the bread will burn before it's baked through. When the bread is done, it will puff up in places and then actually push off ...