How to Use roti in a Sentence

roti

noun
  • Serve as is, very warm, or with rice or naan or roti, or all three.
    — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 13 June 2020
  • Children raised on plain roti began to eat lentils twice a day.
    — Ellen Barry and Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2017
  • If heat isn’t your thing, try the Peking duck pizza on flaky roti.
    — Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Jena set the plate of dry roti and the mug of tea down next to Nasir.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Season with salt to taste, and serve with rice, roti, appams or idli.
    — Max Falkowitz, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2018
  • Later in the evening we were served tea and then a dinner of aloo gosht and roti.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The roti are made with wheat flour, sea salt, rice bran oil, and shortening.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s a look at eight breads from around the world, including this roti (above).
    — Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Try the curry goat wrap made with potato roti and the pumpkin soup!
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Sel roti is sweet, too, a great craggy loop of rice soaked overnight, ground into dough and fried.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
  • So, the layer of egg on the roti is thin but the chicken is twice the usual amount.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2025
  • Thyme flecks a heap of chickpeas, and the roti pulls easily apart in soft, ragged shreds.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The homemade roti canai is the most popular dish on the menu for a reason.
    — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • And plan on at least one order of the buttery Guyanese-style roti per person.
    — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Think of the roti as a big flour tortilla, only more dense and with more buttery crackle.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • My mother’s mother serves it with roti and her homemade yogurt.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • Serve with rice or roti, and perhaps one of Priya Krishna’s potato recipes.
    — Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Pair your meal with breads like naan and roti, and sides like basmati rice and a variety of chutneys.
    — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2024
  • But let’s be real—we’re going back for Amir, and for those shrimp, and the scallion roti.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The visit to that roti shop was a reminder for him of his purpose—for the cookbook and for his journey.
    — Audrey Williams, Essence, 20 May 2022
  • The tacos were attractive, the crisp of the vegetables a nice contrast to the soft roti — but light on duck.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • For years my mother tried to explain the intricacies of roti making to me.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The menu includes tandoori chicken, lamb, fish, shrimp and vegetables, along with roti made in-house.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Patel cuts her roti dough with a bit of all-purpose flour in addition to the whole wheat flour, which helps make the dough less dense.
    — Omar Mamoon, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • An untouched plate of dal-roti (lentils and Indian bread) lay near as a small crowd gathered around him.
    — Amanat Khullar, Quartz India, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Of the four compartments that make up a tiffin, the one that houses the roti is most critical.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
  • Venture on the vegan side with a callaloo roti or veggie plate option, or try the callaloo and saltfish.
    — Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Then starting at the bottom, roll the roti tightly toward the top of the plate, creating a cigar shape.
    — Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The shelves were filled with four different daals, rice and atta, which could be used to make naan, roti and other flatbreads.
    — Nikita Stewart, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Curry chicken roti comes with golden flatbread the size of a record sleeve, just sturdy enough for scooping.
    — Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023

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