A tava, also known as tawah, is a large, flat or slightly concave disc-shaped griddle made from cast iron, steel or aluminium. "Saucepan" redirects here In Australia "the Saucepan" is sometimes used as an unofficial name for part of the constellation of Pavo, when finding the Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but identifies a large group of Ferrous Alloys which solidify with a Eutectic. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 WikipediaNaming It is used in Indian and Pakistani cuisine to prepare several kinds of roti or breads including chapati, paratha, chaap, pao bhaaji, chaat, etc. The Cuisine of Pakistan ( Urdu: طعام پاکستانی) can be described as a fusion of cuisine from three Asian regions Central Asia, Middle East Roti ( Hindi: रोटी; Dhivehi: ރޮށި; Punjabi: ਰੋਟੀ; Urdu: روٹی; Gujarati: રોટલી; roʈi Bread is a Staple food prepared by Baking a Dough of Flour and Water. Chapati is a staple flat bread of North India, East Africa and Western India. A paratha (or parantha) is a flatbread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Pav bhaji ( Marathi: पाव भाजी also transliterated as pao bhaji and pau bhaji) is a Fast food dish native to Maharashtra Chaat (चाट literally meaning "to lick or taste" is a word used across India, Pakistan and the rest of South Asia to refer to small plates Tava is also used to make South Indian dishes like Dosa and Pesarattu. Preparation Regular dosa batter is made from Rice and split skinned Urad bean (black lentil blended with water and left to ferment overnight Pesarattu is an Indian Snack popular in Andhra Pradesh. It is type of a Dosa, another popular South Indian snack
It is also used for a class of foods known as tava fry or tava masala.