Indian Chapatis Rotis
I decided to make homemade Indian Chapatis Rotis. I can't tell you how much fun we had, each of us eating our fresh warm chewy homemade chapatis wrapped around choice tidbits of tender tasty curried meats and veggies! Plus it's easy to make these delicious flat breads.
- Prep time
- 7 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 15 servings
- Difficulty
- EASY
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour or 3/4 cups all purpose mixed with 1 3/4 cups wheat flour
- 3/4 cup water, 175 ml
Instructions
- 1
Mix the flour and the water in a bowl until the dough comes together. Cover and wait 10 mins.
- 2
Knead the dough 10 times. Cover and wait 10 mins.
- 3
Repeat this step a total of 4 times.
- 4
After the last knead the dough will be nice and smooth. Cover and let the dough rest for 30 mins.
- 5
Divide the dough into 15 parts.
- 6
Sprinkle some flour on working surface and roll out your first chapati. Sprinkle flour on top of dough before rolling to stop it sticking to your rolling pin. To end up with a round chapati, start with a flattened ball, then each time after you roll the dough you need to turn the chapati approx. one quarter way around. Just keep rolling and turning the dough and you will get a round shape.
- 7
Heat your cast iron until hot then turn to low heat.
- 8
Put your rolled out chapati in the pan and wait until the underside develops white spots with some light brown spots. This will not take long. Flip over and let cook until white to light brown spots appear.
- 9
Turn on your gas flame to low heat and lay the chapati directly on the flame. The chapati will quickly puff up to a ball. Flip over and hold over flame for a few seconds.
- 10
Remove to plate and cover with a clean cloth while you are making the rest of chapatis.