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Farata

Name: Farata
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Mauritius
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp Salt; 180ml Water; 40g Butter; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Snack

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Dough brushed with butter, coiled, rolled thin, and cooked — Mauritius's soft layered flatbread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Farata is a Mauritian bread descended from Indian paratha: wheat dough is brushed with oil or butter, rolled up, stretched thin, and cooked. Its soft layers are perfect for wrapping curry, rougaille, or beans. It's also often made for Hindu festivals and family gatherings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Sunday in a Mauritian home, soft breads from the griddle are wrapped in cloth and set on the table with chicken curry.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Salt 1/2 tsp
Water 180ml
Butter 40g
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, salt, water, and 1 tbsp oil and rest 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into 6 and roll each into a thin round.
Brush with melted butter, roll up into a rope, coil into a spiral, and rest 15 minutes.
Roll out thin into rounds again.
Cook in a hot frying pan, brushing with oil, until golden on both sides.

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