Chapati is also known as Roti. It is Indian flat-bread, when it is properly made it has pa pocket like pita bread. I remember as I was about 7 years old, my mother used to tell me that she knows magic. I was so fascinated to see how she used to roll roties without even touching it. when Roti used to swell like a football, I used to dance with happiness. I can never forget the fresh smell of chapati layered with ghee and a pinch of salt... that was just divine...
In the sleepless nights of my exam preparation I used to eat left chapati of dinner with tomato ketchup. There are so many experiences to share but I´ll prefer to share chapati recipe first.
Recipe is simple and fast but you need to practice a bit to make perfect chapatis.even my chapatis are not very perfect. well that you can see this in the picture.
First you have to make dough for making chapatis usually chapati atta is used for making chapatis. It is super simple! just mix atta and a bit salt and add water LITTLE BY LITTLE. Its really important if you are making chapati for the first time and make a soft dough and leave it for approximately 15 min.
But what if you live somewhere in small city in USA or Europe (like me) where you can not buy atta. No Worry! you can use a combination of quick cooking oat meal and flour. Oat meal is known as Haferflocken and Maida or Flour is known as Weizenmehl in Germany. usually 30% oat meal and 70% flour works well. but you can change this proportion. In this case you have to soak Oat meal with a little water for five minutes and then with flour knead it well. You can also add some oil to it. I do not usually add oil to my chapatis because i am health conscious.
I usually prefer to make multigrain Chapatis. For this I use half cup of besan ( also known as Gram flour or Kichererbsenmehl) and and mix it with one and half cup of atta and then knead it. It is very important for vegetarians because it increases the amount of Protein to chapatis. for growing kids one can add 1/10 weight of soyabeans with gehun and make atta of it :) it is healthier than any costly health drink and you will increase nutrition without compromising with taste at all. To make Jwar/bajra/makka Roties mix 50% of desired flour with 50% atta and make Chapatis. Everybody will wonder how did you make such a nice round roties.
so back to the recipe, now you have to use some atta/flour to roll it. before that you should heat a flat pan or tawa properly. please be cautious with pan because if your wrist will accidentally touch the sides of pan you will burn. if you wear Chudi or other hand accessory remove it because its risky too.
then flip the side of chapati when its a bit cooked.... flip it once and twice and then third time you will see some bubbles to chapati. now its the time to press chapati gently with a clean cloth.
take Chapati in a plate and add some butter... see melting of butter, be tempted with its look and smell then ENJOY!!!!
in short...
Ingredients
Chapati atta 2 cups
salt to taste
water to knead
Recipe
just mix atta and a bit salt and add water LITTLE BY LITTLE. its really important if you are making chapati for the first time and make a soft dough and leave it for approximately 15 min.
now you have to use some atta/flour to roll it. before that you should heat a flat pan or tawa properly. place chapati on tawa.
then flip the side of chapati when its a bit cooked.... flip it once and twice and then third time you will see some bubbles to chapati. now its the time to press chapati gently with a clean cloth.
chapati is ready!!!
In the sleepless nights of my exam preparation I used to eat left chapati of dinner with tomato ketchup. There are so many experiences to share but I´ll prefer to share chapati recipe first.
Recipe is simple and fast but you need to practice a bit to make perfect chapatis.even my chapatis are not very perfect. well that you can see this in the picture.
First you have to make dough for making chapatis usually chapati atta is used for making chapatis. It is super simple! just mix atta and a bit salt and add water LITTLE BY LITTLE. Its really important if you are making chapati for the first time and make a soft dough and leave it for approximately 15 min.
But what if you live somewhere in small city in USA or Europe (like me) where you can not buy atta. No Worry! you can use a combination of quick cooking oat meal and flour. Oat meal is known as Haferflocken and Maida or Flour is known as Weizenmehl in Germany. usually 30% oat meal and 70% flour works well. but you can change this proportion. In this case you have to soak Oat meal with a little water for five minutes and then with flour knead it well. You can also add some oil to it. I do not usually add oil to my chapatis because i am health conscious.
I usually prefer to make multigrain Chapatis. For this I use half cup of besan ( also known as Gram flour or Kichererbsenmehl) and and mix it with one and half cup of atta and then knead it. It is very important for vegetarians because it increases the amount of Protein to chapatis. for growing kids one can add 1/10 weight of soyabeans with gehun and make atta of it :) it is healthier than any costly health drink and you will increase nutrition without compromising with taste at all. To make Jwar/bajra/makka Roties mix 50% of desired flour with 50% atta and make Chapatis. Everybody will wonder how did you make such a nice round roties.
so back to the recipe, now you have to use some atta/flour to roll it. before that you should heat a flat pan or tawa properly. please be cautious with pan because if your wrist will accidentally touch the sides of pan you will burn. if you wear Chudi or other hand accessory remove it because its risky too.
then flip the side of chapati when its a bit cooked.... flip it once and twice and then third time you will see some bubbles to chapati. now its the time to press chapati gently with a clean cloth.
take Chapati in a plate and add some butter... see melting of butter, be tempted with its look and smell then ENJOY!!!!
in short...
Ingredients
Chapati atta 2 cups
salt to taste
water to knead
Recipe
just mix atta and a bit salt and add water LITTLE BY LITTLE. its really important if you are making chapati for the first time and make a soft dough and leave it for approximately 15 min.
now you have to use some atta/flour to roll it. before that you should heat a flat pan or tawa properly. place chapati on tawa.
then flip the side of chapati when its a bit cooked.... flip it once and twice and then third time you will see some bubbles to chapati. now its the time to press chapati gently with a clean cloth.
chapati is ready!!!
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