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Parat

The parat is a wide shallow plate that has sloping edges to knead dough. It is used in making the following:

• Chapatis
• Paranthas
• Puris

Parats have been made of stone but now are being made of copper. They use rice hulls for polishing them. The dough is put into the parat and kneaded while the high edges help keep it inside to knead it over and over. This is a much better way of kneading because with a parat it is kept inside and you knead almost all the dough at the same time and not just pieces of it. The dough is broken down faster this way. You should get a parat in your home if you prepare a lot of homemade breads.

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