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Chapati Recipe

Chapati

Preparing Chapati

Chapati is commonly known as an Indian dish that East Africa has adopted as part of their daily meals. It is commonly eaten in restaurants, cafes or even at homes as an accompanying snack to beef stew, tea, coffee, vegetable stew, soup etc.

Ingredients

  1. 2 cups of wheat flour
  2. 1 tea spoon ghee
  3. 1 tea spoon salt
  4. Bowl of water

Steps to follow

  1. Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients together to prepare dough of the mixture.
  2. Knead the dough for it to become soft.
  3. Leave it for 30 minutes.
  4. Create small round balls from the dough and smear them with flour to avoid it sticking to the table.
  5. Take a rolling pin and a rolling board and roll the small balls of dough to a round shape like pancakes.
  6. Heat a heavy based flat frying pan, smear little ghee on a pan and cook the chapatti until blisters appear on the bread’s surface.
  7. Turn it over and cook the other side.
  8. Remove it from the frying pan and serve it with tea, stew, soup etc.



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