Manda roti (also called rumali roti) is a traditional Indian and Pakistani bread. It can be made with cardamom, ghee, sugar and milk. This roti is extremely thin and limp, and served folded like a handkerchief. Manda roti is usually made with a combination of whole-wheat atta flour and white wheaten maida flour and cooked on the convex side of a kadahi. It is also known as veechu roti in Tamil or mandige in other parts of South India.
The word manda roti is a compound of two words: manda and roti. The word manda is derived from the Sanskrit word maá¹Âá¸Âaka and roti from the Sanskrit word roá¹ÂikÃÂ. Maá¹Âá¸Âaka is a wheat-based flatbread mentioned in Sanskrit literature from religious scriptures like Skanda purÃÂá¹Âa to PÃÂkakalàtexts like Bhojanakutà «hala. As per Skanda purÃÂá¹Âa, maá¹Âá¸Âaka are thin circular symmetrical flat cakes prepared from wheat flour. In Bhojanakutà «hala, the detailed recipe of maá¹Âá¸Âaka describes that they are cooked on an upturned pot. In Madanapala Nighantu, several varieties of mandakas are mentioned which are prepared by adding vikola, karkaá¹Âa, drÃÂkṣàand kantakäri, among other ingredients.