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30 flatbread recipes to try at home

Gözleme, roti, paratha. We have them all and more.

Tony Tan's guide to making roti canai

Dean Wilmot (main)

Almost every culture has its own flatbread, from the roti of Malaysia, the paratha of India or the pita of Greece. Use your homemade flatbread as a vehicle to mop up a curry, as a base for a pizza, or – best of all – eat it on its own while its still warm.

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Two round grilled flatbread, topped with asparagus, prosciutto, and ricotta, on a rectangular wooden board wiht a bread knife and lemon segments, sitting on a pink, white and blue tiles.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Prosciutto, asparagus and ricotta on grilled flatbreads

Turkish-style bread topped with lamb, spices and pine nuts
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Turkish-style bread with lamb, spices and pine nuts

Photo: William Meppem

Khachapuri

Photo: William Meppem

Roti with chana dhal

Photo: Babiche Martens

Monique Fiso’s grilled kumara bread

Flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin
Photo: Adam Gibson

Analiese Gregory’s flatbread with miso eggplant and urchin

Photo; William Meppem

Tarte flambée

Photo: William Meppem

Pork skepasti

Photo: William Meppem

Overnight Afghan bread with labne and black garlic

Photo: William Meppem

Palak paneer flatbread pizze

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Toum with quick za’atar flatbread and haloumi

Lamb yiros with yoghurt, tahini and garlic sauce and homemade pita bread
Photo: William Meppem

Lamb yiros with yoghurt, tahini and garlic sauce and homemade pita bread

Photo: William Meppem

Ligurian cheese focaccia

Photo: William Meppem

Aloo paratha

Photo: William Meppem

Speedy yoghurt flatbread with zucchini flowers and feta

Photo: William Meppem

Roast cauliflower hummus with fried chickpeas and flatbread

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chana masala with yoghurt and flatbread

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Smoky eggplant dip with charred bread

Photo: Sharyn Cairns

Pontoon’s nan’s fry bread with hummus

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Chicken and bamboo-shoot yellow curry with roti and rice

Photo: James Moffatt

Spiced lamb and pine nut köfte with yoghurt flatbread

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb köfte with flatbread

Photo: Anson Smart

Giovanni Pilu’s flatbread stack with tomato sauce and poached eggs (pane frattau)

Photo: William Meppem

Sweet Envy’s lardy flatbreads

Photo: Chris Chen

Ruby’s Diner’s breakfast curry with roti and poached egg

Photo: William Meppem

Hot and sour ginger chutney with cucumber yoghurt and roti

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Za’atar flatbread

Photo: William Meppem

Feta and greens gözleme

Photo: Dean Wilmot

Roti canai

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