Roti, chapati & paratha

The unleavened whole-wheat family. Roti and chapati are thin and dry-griddled (tandoori roti is baked in the clay oven); paratha is layered with ghee and pan-fried, plain (lachha, spiralled) or stuffed with potato, cauliflower or paneer; rumali is the tissue-thin "handkerchief" bread. Puri and bhatura are fried and puff up hollow; bhatura is the large, leavened one served with chole.

Typical price: $4

Half of the 291 restaurants below that list a price charge between $3 and $5.99. Each restaurant counts once, at its lowest-priced version, and only plain dollar prices are counted. Prices come from each menu as it was last checked, so call ahead to confirm.

Typical price by city

Cities with at least 5 restaurants that list a plain dollar price, counted the same way as above.

CityTypicalMiddle halfRestaurants
Chicago, Illinois$3.45$1.99–$413
Houston, Texas$3$2.71–$512
Seattle, Washington$4.25$3–$5.1212
New York, New York$6$5.50–$6.7511
Washington, District of Columbia$7$5–$11.258
Jersey City, New Jersey$5$3.65–$6.507
Edison, New Jersey$4$3.24–$4.746
Boston, Massachusetts$5$4–$65
Columbus, Ohio$4.72$3.49–$5.995
Dallas, Texas$4.99$4–$105
Fremont, California$3.99$3–$5.845
Sugar Land, Texas$3$2.99–$3.995

313 restaurants with Roti, chapati & paratha on the menu