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“A skewer-roasted kebab wrapped in paratha, named for the stick it was originally cooked on.”
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A kati roll (sometimes spelt kathi roll; Bengali: কাঠি রোল) is a street-food dish originating from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. In its original form, it is a skewer-roasted kebab wrapped in a paratha bread, although over the years many variants have evolved all of which now go under the generic name of kati roll. Today, mostly any wrap containing a filling enfolded in an Indian flatbread (roti) is called a kati roll. In native Bengali, the word kati roughly translates to 'stick', referring to how they were originally made. In Bengal though, the delicacy is simply known as roll. Kati rolls normally contain coriander chutney, egg, and chicken but the types may vary.
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A kati roll arrives as a street-food revelation from Kolkata—a skewer-roasted kebab wrapped tight in paratha, the name itself a nod to the stick it was cooked on. What started as one specific thing has become a shape-shifter: today, any filling tucked into Indian flatbread and called by that name carries the kati roll banner. The classic version holds coriander chutney, egg, and chicken, though the filling changes depending on who's wrapping.
Order it here when it has
- originated as precise technique
- evolved into versatile wrapper format
- portable and street-accessible
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