Chappati – Recipe

For the amateurs like me who are not bothered about the shape of chappati, this recipe is for them. Making chappati is an easy task and would take about 30mins or less of cooking time.

Ingredients:
Wheat flour (1 cup)
Tamil: கோதுமை மாவு
Hindi: गेहूं का आटा
Czech: pšeničná mouka
Salt
Water

Preparation:
First mix wheat flour with a pinch of salt. Add required amount of water and mix into a ball. For taste you could add butter or oil when making the dough. Knead the dough and make it soft. The dough should not be watery nor too dry. Cover it with a wet cloth of place a lid and close it tightly.Leave it for 10mins. Now take small pieces from the dough and make it round balls.

With a roller and a flat base like kitchen slab or the one shown below, make it into flat circles. (Do not worry if the shape is not exactly a circle) Use a bit of wheat flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the slab.

 

On stove heat frying pan and once the pan is hot put the circled flat dough and fry on both sides. Once both sides are fried you could add a little oil over it or ghee, butter would also taste good.

Chappati’s go well with any side dish like potato fry, scrambled egg, aloo gobi masala…