Basic Chapati Recipe

Submitted by Robert in melbourne

"This is a quick and easy Indian flat bread recipe, served with a potato curry, these no fat flat breads are amazing!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 3
• Yields: 6 Chapati's

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups atta flour, wheat flour can be substituted
• 2 cups water (or enough to make a dough)
• 1 pinch salt

directions

1. Mix flour and salt.
2. Make a hole in flour and mix in water, making a dough.
3. Knead for five minutes, cover with wet cloth and refrigerate for an hour.
4. Heat a flat pan (non stick pans are not good for this as repeated use at high heats with no liquid tends to crack the Teflon) until smoking hot.
5. Roll out 1/2 a handful of dough into a flat round shape (3mm thick) and put into pan, cooking for 1 minute either side.
6. Once turned press gently with a towel, until brown.
7. Repeat and serve!