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Indian Chapati Recipe
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Indian Chapati or Roti

Indian Chapati or Roti is one of the most commonly made everyday Indian flatbread recipes that requires only 2 ingredients, whole wheat flour and water. It can be paired with all kinds of Indian side dishes, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Indian
Diet Hindu
Keyword Chapati Recipe, Flatbread Recipe, Indian Breads, Indian Roti
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 15 Chapatis
Calories 98kcal
Author Priyanka

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowl
  • Stove Top
  • Roti Tawa or Girddle
  • Rolling Pin
  • Tongs

Ingredients

  • 3 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1¼ cup Water Room Temperature or slightly tepid
  • 2 tbsp Sunflower Oil or any neutral oil.

Instructions

  • Take the flour in the mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add half of the water. Now, start kneading the dough. It will be sticky in the beginning, but keep working
    3 cup Whole Wheat Flour, 1¼ cup Water
  • Add rest of the water and knead. Once the water has been absorbed, add the oil and knead everything together.
    2 tbsp Sunflower Oil
  • Do not worry about over-kneading because we need to build the glutinous protein bonds which will make the dough elastic for soft chapatis
    The cue to stop kneading is when your mixing bowl is clean in the inside, it means the dough is ready.
  • At this stage, you can leave the dough covered by a damp cloth for 10-15 minutes, or you can start making the chapatis.
  • Pinch off 15 equal dough balls and roll them between your palms to make them smooth.
  • Now, flour your rolling surface and your rolling pin and start rolling them into a circle. Use your wrist and your rolling pin to stretch and rotate so that it takes the circular shape.
  • Once you have the chapatis of around 7-8 inches in diameter, place them on the griddle. Once you see bubbles rising on the surface, turn it over using a tong. Let the other side also get roasted with small brown spots
  • Now, remove the griddle and place the chapati directly on the fire burner nozzles of your stovetop. One it starts to puff up, turn it over. Keep it on fire for 2-3 seconds for each side otherwise, it will start to burn.
  • Remove them from the fire and serve. You can slather some ghee or clarified butter, or even normal butter to make them rich and delicious

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