Turmeric roti (haldi roti)
Preparation Time
20 minutes
Cooking Time
20 minutes
Difficulty Level
easy
Meal Type
Lunch
Serves 4
Key Ingredients
- Turmeric Powder
About This Recipe
Haldi roti is the everyday wheat roti with turmeric powder worked into the dough, so the flatbread comes off the tawa golden instead of cream. It needs no special technique: the powder goes into the flour before the water, the dough rests as usual, and the rotis are rolled and roasted like any other.
The turmeric is stirred through the dry flour first, which spreads the colour and taste evenly; added to wet dough, it streaks. A teaspoon of turmeric (3 g) in 240 g of atta is about 12.5 g per kilogram, mild enough that the wheat taste still leads. The dough takes a tablespoon of ghee, which keeps it soft, and the remaining ghee is smeared on the rotis as they roast. Each roti uses 30 g of flour, rolled thin so it puffs over the flame. Leave the ghee off the tawa for a plain phulka; the roti is still soft from the ghee in the dough. For more on the spice, see haldi.
Ingredient List
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Dough
- Whole wheat flour (atta) — 2 cups
- Turmeric Powder — 1 tsp
- Ghee (half for the dough, half for roasting) — 2 tbsp
- Salt — 1/2 tsp
- Warm water, for kneading — 3/4 cup
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Serving Suggestions
Serve hot off the tawa with a bowl of dal, a dry sabzi or plain curd, or tear it into a curry. A little pickle on the side rounds it out. The turmeric recipes roundup has the milk, tea and laddu versions of the spice.
Tips for Cooking Turmeric roti (haldi roti)
Knead the dough soft and smooth; a stiff dough gives dry rotis. Rest it the full 15 minutes, or the rotis shrink back as you roll. Roll evenly and thin, and keep the tawa properly hot so the rotis puff. Smear the ghee while the roti is still on the tawa; it soaks in better than ghee dabbed on later.
Chef’s Note
The golden roti needs nothing more than the turmeric in the dough; no colouring is added. A roti carries about 131 kcal with the ghee in the dough and on the tawa, about 98 kcal made with no ghee at all. The count below is per serving of two rotis.
Per serving (approx.): 263 kcal, protein 6.4 g, carbs 39 g, fat 8.4 g, fibre 6.9 g. Computed from IFCT 2017 / USDA values for the listed quantities. Measures: 1 cup = 240 ml, 1 tbsp = 15 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml.
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ByCOWBERRY
May 03, 2026
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