Chapati

Chapatis

Chapati with lentil and carrot curry

Chapati or roti ( Urdu : روٹی, Hindi : चपाती = "flat" or "flat"; रोटी [ roṭī ]) is an unleavened flatbread . It is traditionally made from atta , a whole wheat flour. Restaurants also often use maida , a highly refined and bleached wheat flour.

distribution

The origin of the flatbreads is possibly in the Middle East (" Fertile Crescent ") or on the Indian subcontinent ; in Pakistan and northern India they have long been a staple food. From there they were brought to East Africa by Indian emigrants and are considered traditional flat bread made from wheat flour in Kenya , Uganda , Tanzania and Rwanda under the same name. But unleavened flatbreads are also common in the Maghreb countries under the name Djapati .

preparation

Dough processing in Tanzania

To make chapati , flour with water, optionally a little ghee or oil and salt, is made into a dough. After a short rest period, this is rolled out thinly and baked on a tawa, an iron plate, on both sides, whereby they should puff up. After baking, the bread can be brushed with butter.

One variant are the so-called phulka , which are roasted over an open flame and puff up like puri .

For Tandoori Roti of sheeted dough is instead on a Tawa like naan in a tandoor baked.

Web links

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Wiktionary: Chapati  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Food Recipes: Chapatis. BBC (accessed March 7, 2018).
2. ↑ ^{a b} F. Jürgen Herrmann (ed.): Herings Lexicon of the Kitchen . Fachbuchverlag Pfannenberg mbh & Co KG, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86820-344-8 , p. 551 .
3. ↑ Food Story: How India's favorite flatbread roti was born. Indian Express, Jan. 28, 2015.