India’s famous street food Kathi Roll has secured sixth place among the world’s best wraps in the TasteAtlas report. This taste of Kolkata wrapped in paratha has now become popular all over the world.
Kolkata Kathi Roll TasteAtlas Ranking: India is famous for its street food Known for its taste. This Indian taste is now getting recognition all over the world. TasteAtlas has released the list of 38 best wraps in the world in its report. In this, Kolkata’s famous saddle roll Has secured sixth position. Be it veg Kathi Roll or non-veg Kathi Roll, this spicy taste wrapped in paratha is now on the lips of the whole world. The rap that topped the list of TasteAtlas is Greece’s famous rap Gyros.
Kathi Roll is an iconic street food of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, which every Indian must have tasted at some point of time. It is a wrap prepared with delicious kebabs or vegetable mixture stuffed in a soft paratha. It will be found in every street and market of Kolkata. The popularity of Kathi Roll can be gauged from the fact that Chicken Kathi Roll has also been ranked 14th in the list of TasteAtlas. That is, this wonderful dish hoisted the flag of India not once but twice.
Kathi Roll was first introduced by the famous Nizam restaurant in Kolkata in the 1930s. The then owner, Raza Hasan Sahab, created it as an ‘on-the-go’ food for British officers and busy customers so that people could enjoy kebabs on the go. According to popular belief, British officers at that time did not like to eat kebabs with hands, so the cooks adopted the method of serving kebabs by wrapping them in paratha so that it could be eaten easily. Earlier kebabs were cooked on iron skewers, but later, in 1964, these were replaced with bamboo skewers. With this change, this dish got the name Kathi Roll, in which ‘Kathi’ means ‘wooden skewer’ in Bengali language.
Topping this year’s global list is Greece’s famous wrap, Gyros, which is prepared with meat, bread, sauce and vegetables like tomatoes, onions, lettuce and cucumbers. This traditional Greek dish is known throughout the world for its unique taste and refreshing flavor. Sangchu Ssam of South Korea has secured second place. It consists of rice, thin slices of meat and condiments such as gochujang paste, samjang dip or pickled vegetables wrapped in lettuce leaves. Türkiye’s Tantuni Wrap has come at the third place and Mexico’s Enchiladas Suizas has come at the fourth place. At the fifth place was America’s Carne Asada Burrito.
A wrap is typically a flatbread filled with meat, vegetables, or other ingredients and accompanied by a delicious sauce or dressing. The specialty of Kathi Roll lies in its simplicity and variety. Inside the paratha, you can choose any filling of your choice like chicken tikka, paneer masala, mutton kofta, or egg roll. The taste of each variant is different but wonderful. The combination of onion, lemon, green chilli and chutney makes it even more delicious. This is the reason why this street food has become the choice of people of every age and every section of the society.
This achievement of Kathi Roll is a moment of pride for every Indian as it is not just a street food but a symbol of India’s culinary heritage.
