Name: Tandoori roti recipe | Stove top tandoori roti recipe
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 105 min
Ingredients: 2 cups wheat flour; salt; 2 teaspoon oil; butter for serving

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Last updated on June 19th, 2020

Tandoori roti recipe is a special roti or flat bread typically cooked in a tandoor or clay oven . You can easily make these delicious restautant style tandoori roti at home using a regular tava. With some tips and tricks you can indeed make best tandoori roti with typical chars and smoky flavor at home 🙂 Here is how to with step by step photos!

Next to butter naan, tandoori roti is our favorite flatbread while dining in a restaurant. It goes very well with navratan korma, paneer butter masala, palak paneer, paneer kalimirch, pindi chole types.

I got few requests from my readers for this stove top tandoori roti when I shared dhaba naan recipe. So here it is for you all 🙂

What Is Tandoori Roti?

Tandoori roti is Indian flatbread traditionally made in a tandoor (clay oven) at very high temperature. Cooking in a closed oven at very high temperate imparts its signature chars and smoky flavor to the tandoori recipes.

At home as we do not own a tandoor these recipes can be made on stove top or an oven. With some tips and tricks we can indeed make restaurant style tandoori roti and other tandoori recipes at home easily.

Making tandoori roti is more of a technique than recipe. The dough remains the same as regular roti dough. With right kind of tava and some trial and error you can easily master this.

These are slightly thick soft rotis that taste wonderful when served hot. Smear them with butter just before serving.

Serve tandoori roti hot with rich Indian curries like

Making Tandoori Roti on Tava

To make tandoori roti on tava you need a good tava with a handle. That is a flat griddle with handle.

I suggest that you do not use non stick tava for this recipe. A good cast iron or iron tava that heats up uniformly is required.

One side of the roti is cooked on tava and then we flip the other side over direct flame. Cooking on direct flame puffs up the roti and also imparts smoky flavor with chars.

Also do not add oil or butter while cooking. Just brush the roti liberally with butter while serving.

How To Make Tandoori Roti In Oven?

For making tandoori roti in oven first of all knead the dough as mentioned in the recipe.

Preheat your oven at the maximum temperature for 15 minutes.

Roll the rotis according to the size of your baking tray.

arrange the rolled rotis and place in the center rack. Bake for 8-10 minutes.

The rotis will puff up and slightly change color. Do not leave unattended as the rotis will burn fast. Brush butter before serving.

Recipe Notes and Tips For Tandoori Roti:

Tandoori roti tastes best when served hot.
You can use regular roti dough in this recipe.
Use a good sturdy tava for uniform cooking.
Next do not use oil or ghee or butter to cook the roti on tava. Brush the rotis liberally with butter just before serving.
Serve tandoori roti hot with any Indian curry.

How To Make Tandoori Roti Step By Step:

1.Take wheat flour, salt and oil in a bowl. Mix well. Add water gradually and make a soft and smooth dough. Knead the dough well just like we do for rotis. Rest the dough for 30 to 60 minutes.

2. Divide the dough into 10-12 equal parts. Make each part into a small smooth ball.

3. Take a dough ball and roll into a oval or shaped roti. Do not roll it very thin. Brush one side of the rolled roti with water liberally. Mean time heat a iron tava. Once the tava is hot maintain medium flame.

4. Place the rolled roti on tava, water side down. Cook for 40-60 seconds. Bubbles will appear on the roti now. Once bubbles appear flip the tava and cook the other side on direct flame.

5. Cook for a minutes till chars appear the edges turn very slightly crispy.

6. Remove the cooked roti from flame and apply butter liberally. Serve tandoori roti hot.