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Malabar Rice Pathiri: Super Taste with Chicken-Mutton! Try This Sunday Special Recipe
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News18•27-09-2026, 06:04
Malabar Rice Pathiri: Super Taste with Chicken-Mutton! Try This Sunday Special Recipe
- •Malabar Rice Pathiri, or Ari Pathiri, is a special rice roti from Kerala's Malabar region.
- •It is a thin, soft, white rice roti, a traditional food of the Mappila community.
- •Inspired by Arab traders, Pathiri is made from rice flour, with its name derived from the Arabic word 'pathiri'.
- •Made with rice flour, water, salt, and oil, it tastes excellent with chicken and mutton curry.
- •Unlike Karnataka's Akki Rotti, Pathiri is simple and contains no spices or vegetables.
Key Questions Answered
To make Rice Pathiri, you need 1 cup of rice flour, 4 glasses of water, 1 spoon of salt, and 4 spoons of oil or ghee.
While Karnataka Akki Rotti is slightly thick and includes vegetables, onions, green chilies, and spices, Rice Pathiri is a very thin, soft, white flatbread made without any spices or onions.
Pathiri is a traditional food of the Mappila community in Kerala's Malabar region, originating when local residents learned to make thin rotis from abundant rice flour to mimic the wheat rotis eaten by ancient Arab traders.
