Best Roti Maker in India 2026

The quick answer

Let us be honest before you spend a rupee: we do not think an electric roti maker is a good buy, and we read the verified reviews for every popular one to be sure. The pattern is relentless across the whole category - the machine presses a dough ball flat and bakes it, so the roti comes out thick and hard and never puffs, and the cheaper models pile on coating failures, dead plates and a genuinely worrying number of electric-shock reports.

If you still want one - usually because you cannot roll rotis by hand - the Longway Multi Master 1000W is the most usable of the field: the steadiest, the cheapest, and the one with the fewest horror stories. It still makes a thick, machine-pressed roti, not a handmade one. The honest “best roti maker” for almost everyone is not a machine at all but a good tawa, and we say so plainly in the buying guide below.

Quick comparison

Five electric roti makers side by side, ranked honestly from most to least usable - the score, the price, and what each one is (or is not) good for.

• 7.0 score
  Most usable

  Longway Multi Master 1000W Electric Roti Maker

  The most usable of the bunch - if you genuinely cannot roll a roti.

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  approx. ₹1,999

  Buy on Amazon
• 6.8 score
  The popular default

  Bajaj Vacco Go-Ezzee C-02 Electric Chapati Maker

  The TV-advert machine everyone knows - and the one most owners return.

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  approx. ₹2,318

  Buy on Amazon
• 6.0 score
  The generic option

  ElectroSky 950W Multi Maker Electric Roti Maker

  One of several identical multi-makers - and the 4-star rating is a trap.

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  approx. ₹2,349

  Buy on Amazon
• 5.5 score
  The bestseller

  Libra Roti Maker Machine 950W

  The category bestseller - and the one with the most electric-shock reports.

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  approx. ₹2,699

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• 5.4 score
  Best for khakhra

  Bajaj Vacco Go-Ezzee Mc-02 Marble Chapati Maker

  Really a khakhra and papad press, not the machine for soft rotis.

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  approx. ₹2,288

  Buy on Amazon

How we shortlisted

We started where buyers start: the electric roti makers with enough verified-purchase reviews to judge - the Bajaj Vacco models, Libra, Longway, ElectroSky and a string of near-identical generic clones. Then we read the recent reviews for each, weighting the 3- and 4-star feedback that tells you what actually breaks, and scored them on the only thing that matters: do they make a roti you would want to eat, safely, in year two.

The headline that misleads here is the star rating itself. The single best-rated electric “roti maker” we found, at over four stars, turned out to be a crepe and pancake maker sold abroad, with every review about crepes and not one about an Indian roti - the rating was pooled from an unrelated product. Strip those out and the real field clusters at three stars, which is honest: across hundreds of verified reviews, the rotis come out thick, hard and unpuffed because the machine presses and bakes rather than rolling and puffing.

Two failure modes beyond the rotis decided the ranking. The first is electrical safety: multiple models carry verified reports of shocks, current leaking from the plate, plug pins melting and the house MCB tripping - and one owner found bare wire exposed as the cable insulation failed within months. That is not a minor gripe; it moved those models to the bottom. The second is after-sales: the recurring story is being told to courier the unit to Delhi at your own cost, with weeks of silence. So none of these earned a genuine recommendation. We ranked them from most to least usable because that is the honest picture, and pointed you at what actually works at the end.

At a glance: 5 electric roti makers, ranked honestly

The 5 picks, reviewed

1. Longway Multi Master 1000W - the most usable electric roti maker

If you have decided you want an electric press despite everything, this is the one to get. Among these machines, the Longway draws the most measured reviews: at 1000W it heats quickly, it shapes a uniform round, and several owners specifically flag it as a help for people who cannot roll rotis by hand - “useful for bachelors”, as one put it. It is also the cheapest electric maker here at around ₹2,000.

The most honest review we read was a balanced five-star: the owner praised the uniform rotis and the convenience, then admitted the rotis “do not always puff like traditional tawa rotis”, come out “slightly dry or hard”, and that there is “a small learning curve” with the dough - concluding it “cannot fully replace the taste and texture of handmade rotis”. That is the Longway in one paragraph. It is the best-behaved machine here, and it is still a machine that presses a thick roti.

The caveats are the category’s: the dough has to be wetter and softer than you would expect or the roti tears, some owners report uneven cooking or a few minutes per roti, and a handful flag current leakage. The listing is replace-only, and “service” is an email address, not a network. Buy it only if you fit the narrow case it serves, and buy it sold and shipped by Amazon so a dud can go back.

2. Bajaj Vacco Go-Ezzee C-02 - the popular default

This is the machine from the TV adverts, and by a wide margin the most-reviewed roti maker in India - which is exactly why it deserves a careful, honest look rather than its reputation. It does have genuine fans: one owner reported a previous unit lasting six years before the heater gave out, and the recurring tip from happy buyers is that soft fulkas are possible if you knead the dough much wetter and stickier than normal. One put it simply - make the dough loose and wet, “garam garam soft fulkas, no mess and no skill”.

But the weight of the recent reviews tells the other story. Owners report the rotis staying thick and hard and refusing to puff, the non-stick coating eroding within three months, and - more seriously - plug pins melting and the house MCB tripping. When something fails, the after-sales experience is the one that recurs across this brand: courier the unit to Delhi at your own cost and wait. And the name itself is a trap worth stating plainly: “Bajaj Vacco” is a different company from Bajaj, the appliance brand most buyers assume they are getting. Several say so directly.

There are weaker machines here - the wet-dough loyalists are real - but it coasts on a brand association it has not earned. If you buy it, master the dough and buy Amazon-fulfilled.

3. ElectroSky 950W Multi Maker - the generic option

The ElectroSky is one of several visually identical “950W Multi Maker” presses sold under different brand names from the same generic mould - which is the first thing to know, because it means there is little real accountability behind it. A minority of owners are happy: one wrote that it heats quickly, the rotis come out soft and evenly cooked, and it is simple enough for a beginner.

The trouble is what the most-helpful reviews say. The single most-upvoted review is a warning that the flattering four-star rating is misleading - the buyer expected a good roti and got an end product “more like a biscuit”. Another, equally upvoted, reports the rotis coming out “very hard and impossible to eat” and notes that after checking many listings on Amazon and Flipkart, “most are poorly rated with similar complaints” - a fair summary of the whole category. One owner had it spark and trip the house MCB after a month.

There is nothing specifically wrong with the ElectroSky that is not also wrong with its identical siblings, and nothing specifically right either. It exists, it is cheap-ish, and its rating oversells it. If you are set on gambling on a generic press, the Longway is the steadier version of the same bet.

4. Libra Roti Maker 950W - the category bestseller

The Libra is the category bestseller, which is the only reason it is on this list rather than dismissed in a line - a lot of people will land on it first. A small group make it work: with a very wet dough, one owner gets “fluffy roti without dependency on gas”, and the brand does run a video-demonstration helpline for buyers who struggle.

But this is where the ranking turns on safety rather than taste. Among the Libra’s reviews are several first-hand reports of electric shocks - “got electric shock in first use”, “heating plate gives current”, one titled bluntly “High Voltage Rotis and a Shocking Return Policy”. A current leak from a mains appliance is not a quirk to cook around; it is a reason to send the unit straight back. On top of that, owners describe rotis the size and texture of a Britannia biscuit, a coating that is gone in two years, and a replace-only return policy that leaves unhappy buyers stuck.

We cannot in good conscience point you at a roti maker with this many shock reports, bestseller or not. If you already own one and it ever tingles when you touch it, stop using it and return it.

5. Bajaj Vacco Mc-02 Marble - best for khakhra, not rotis

This is the newer “marble coating” sibling of the Bajaj Vacco C-02, and it makes the least convincing roti of the group. Its one genuine use is the one its happiest owners actually bought it for: khakhra and papad, where pressing the dough thin and crisp is the point. One owner bought it “specifically for khakhra” and found it perfectly suited; that is the honest case for it, and it is a narrow one.

For rotis, the reviews are grim. Owners report them coming out hard, thick, small or burnt, the machine overheating and scorching the dough in seconds, and the cheap plastic getting hot enough to burn fingers. The safety reports are the worst here: one owner describes current leaking from the machine, and another, at nine months, found the non-stick gone, the cable insulation failed and bare wire exposed, noting the wire and plug were not even rated for the current it draws. As with its sibling, the service answer is courier-to-Delhi, and the “Bajaj” on the box is not the Bajaj you think.

Unless you specifically want a khakhra press and nothing more - and are willing to overlook the electrical reports - there is no reason to choose this one.

The features explained, in plain English

Electric roti makers are sold on words that hide how they actually behave. Here is what the specs mean for the roti on your plate.

How the press actually works. You put a ball of dough between two hot non-stick plates and push a lever - the machine flattens and bakes it in a single step. It never rolls the dough thin, and it never puffs it over a flame. That one mechanical fact is the root of almost every complaint: a pressed-and-baked disc is denser and drier than a rolled-and-puffed roti, which is why “thick and hard” is the phrase you see again and again.

Fixed-temperature auto cut-off. Nearly all of these have a single heat setting and a thermostat that cuts power at a preset temperature, signalled by an indicator light. There is no way to dial the heat down for a thinner or softer roti. If your dough is even slightly too dry, the fixed heat scorches the outside while the inside stays raw - the “burnt yet uncooked” complaint in a nutshell.

Non-stick plates and their claims. You will see “PFOA-free”, “PTFE-free”, “marble coating” and “scratch resistant” on these listings. Set the marketing aside: these are thin coatings on aluminium plates, and owners across every model report them wearing within months, after which the dough sticks and tears. No coating here is meaningfully more durable than another.

The wet-dough trick. The one technique that genuinely helps is counter-intuitive: knead the dough much wetter, softer and stickier than you would for a tawa, add a little oil, and rest it well. This is what separates the happy Bajaj and Libra owners from the angry ones. It does not fix the no-puff problem - nothing can, on a press - but it is the difference between a soft pressed roti and a papad.

Complete buying guide

Why electric roti makers disappoint

The promise is seductive: drop in a dough ball, press, get a perfect round. The reality is that a roti is made good by two things a press cannot do - rolling it thin enough to cook through evenly, and puffing it over direct heat so it stays soft. A machine that flattens and bakes between plates skips both. You get a uniform shape, yes, but a dense, often dry disc rather than a light roti. This is not a quality problem with one brand; it is the inherent limit of the format, which is why even the better-reviewed machines carry the same core complaint. If your bar is “a roti my family is happy to eat”, the honest truth is that no electric press on the Indian market today clears it reliably - unlike the humble electric sandwich press, which does its narrower job well, as our best sandwich makers round-up lays out.

The safety issue you can’t ignore

This is the part the cheerful product photos never mention, and it is the main reason we score most of these machines where we do. Across the Libra and both Bajaj Vacco models, owners report electric shocks, current leaking from the heating plate, plug pins overheating, the house MCB tripping, and in one well-documented case the cable insulation failing to leave bare wire exposed within months - with the buyer noting the wire and plug were not rated for the current the machine draws. The listings advertise “shockproof body” and “ISI-marked plug”; the reviews suggest the build does not always live up to it. If you buy any electric roti maker, insist on a unit sold and shipped by Amazon, check for a genuine ISI mark, plug it into a socket you can switch off easily, and stop using it the moment it sparks, tingles or trips your MCB. No roti is worth a shock.

What to buy instead: a good tawa

Here is the recommendation we would actually stand behind. For soft everyday rotis with no learning curve, a Hawkins Futura non-stick tawa (around ₹1,282) cooks on a few drops of oil and lasts years; for a chemical-free, lifetime surface that also gives the best char, a Solara pre-seasoned cast iron tawa (around ₹1,099) is the better long-term tool if you will season it. Add a steel pulka grill (around ₹500) and you can puff rotis into proper phulkas directly over the gas flame - the one thing no press can do. That whole setup costs less than most of the machines on this page, has no electrical-safety risk, and actually makes the roti you were hoping the machine would. If you can roll a roti at all, this is the answer.

If you still want one, how to choose

If your situation genuinely calls for a press - usually because rolling by hand is not possible - keep expectations realistic and stack the odds in your favour. The Longway is the most usable pick, the steadiest of a shaky field. Knead the dough much wetter and softer than normal and rest it. Buy only from a listing sold and shipped by Amazon so a faulty unit can be returned, and film a quick unboxing. And consider the alternative that often serves the “I cannot roll rotis” buyer better than any machine: a simple manual roti or puri press to flatten the dough into a round, used with a non-stick tawa. You get the shape help you need and a properly cooked, soft roti, without the electrical risk of the cheap electric presses.

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The bottom line

We will not pretend otherwise: the best thing about this category is the tawa we keep pointing you to. Not one electric roti maker we read about makes a roti we would be happy to serve, and several carry electrical-safety reports serious enough to return the unit on sight. If you are set on a machine - and the only good reason is that rolling rotis by hand is not an option for you - the Longway Multi Master is the most usable, bought Amazon-fulfilled, with the dough kneaded wet and your expectations low. For everyone else, a Hawkins or Solara tawa and a ₹500 pulka grill cost less and make a better roti, full stop.

We will refresh this review after the next big sale season, and the day a genuinely good, genuinely safe electric roti maker appears, we will test it and say so. So far, none has.