Chicken Paratha Roll Recipe
چکن پراٹھا رول بنانے کا طریقہ
Prep
30 min
Cook
35 min
Marinate / soak
1 hr
Serves
4
Difficulty
Medium
Spice
Medium hot
The paratha roll grew out of Karachi's late-night BBQ stalls, where tikka boti was wrapped in a hot paratha so it could be eaten on the go. Boneless chicken is marinated in yogurt and tikka spices, seared hard on high heat, and rolled with two sauces: a garlicky mayo and a sharp mint-yogurt chutney. A quick coal smoke gives it the stall flavour.
Ingredients
For 4 servings
Chicken
Sauces
Parathas
To assemble
Method
Mix the chicken with the yogurt, tikka masala, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice and salt. Cover and refrigerate.
⏱ 60 min
Meanwhile, knead the maida, atta and salt with warm milk into a soft dough, rub with a little ghee, cover and rest.
⏱ 30 min
Stir the grated garlic into the mayonnaise. Blend the yogurt, mint, green chillies and salt into a thick chutney.
Heat the oil in a pan on high. Add the chicken in one layer and sear, turning, until charred at the edges and cooked through with no liquid left.
⏱ 10 min
For smoke, put a small cup on the chicken, place a red-hot coal in it, drizzle a few drops of oil on the coal and cover the pan tightly.
⏱ 3 min
Divide the dough into 4. Roll each thin, brush with ghee, pleat it like a fan, coil into a spiral and roll out again into a thin 22 cm round.
Cook each paratha on a hot tawa, brushing with ghee and pressing, until golden, crisp and flaky on both sides. Crush it lightly between your palms to open the layers.
⏱ 4 min
Spread garlic mayo and mint chutney over each paratha, line chicken down the middle, add onion, coriander and a pinch of chaat masala, then roll tightly and wrap the bottom half in butter paper.
Tips for the best result
- Chicken thigh stays juicier than breast on high heat and is what most stalls use.
- Frozen ready-made parathas work well for a quick weeknight version; just cook them a little crisper than usual.
- Use the same filling with seekh kabab or beef boti for a beef paratha roll.
Common mistakes
- Crowding the pan with chicken. It stews in its own juice instead of charring.
- Using a soft, chewy paratha. It tears when rolled; cook it until properly crisp.
How to serve
Serve hot, wrapped in paper, with extra chutney and a cold drink or doodh soda.
Storing and reheating
Cooked chicken keeps 2 days in the fridge. Wrapped rolls are best eaten fresh; reheat on a dry tawa if needed.
Nutrition and cost
Worked out from the ingredients, not measured in a lab. Treat both as a rough guide.
Per serving Estimate
- Calories
- 700kcal
- Protein
- 38g
- Fat
- 37g
- Carbs
- 55g
- Fibre
- 5.6g
- Sodium
- 910mg
Estimated from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (April 2018), public domain values for the raw ingredients (99% of the recipe by weight had data). Deep-frying oil is counted at 20%; bones and water lost in cooking are not subtracted, so bone-in and fried dishes can read high. Not medical advice. Method
Cost per servingEstimate
≈ Rs 150
Whole dish ≈ Rs 610 · 78% of ingredients by weight priced
From the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics weekly SPI, week ended 29 Oct 2026. Spices, herbs and some vegetables are not in the SPI and are left out unless you add your price, so the real cost is a little higher. How this works
Chicken Paratha Roll: questions people ask
Which paratha is best for a paratha roll?
A thin, flaky lachha-style paratha made with part maida. It is crisp outside but flexible enough to roll without cracking.
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