Chapatis

These are a really easy thing to make, as long as you've got a stand-mixer to avoid all the kneading.

Ingredients:

  • 180g plain flour
  • 140g brown flour
  • 180ml warm water
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp sunflower oil

Method:

  1. Put the flours, water, olive oil and salt in your mixing bowl. Generally adding the water first and the flour on top makes it mix better.
  2. Using the kneading hook, run the stand mixer for 5 to 10 minutes until it forms a nice ball of dough.
  3. Put on a frying pan (or two) over a medium heat and add a tbsp of the sunflower oil.
  4. Divide the dough into 12 small balls.
  5. Roll out each ball on a very lightly floured surface as thin as you can (you might not even need any flour depending on the surface). Once you've done one, put it into the frying pans and start to roll out the others while it cooks.
  6. Cook for 30 seconds to a minute for each size. You want them to have started to get a few darker spots.
  7. Once done, place under a clean tea towel to keep warm while you cook the others.
  8. After every couple of chapatis, add another tablespoon of sunflower oil to the pan so that it doesn't get too dry.
  9. Serve fresh with a curry or dahl.

Makes 12 chapati.

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