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Chapati (Roti)

Chapati (Roti) Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched water, bottled, generic Directions: Put the flour in a bowl. Gradually add enough water to make a sof...

Chapati (Roti)

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
water, bottled, generic

Directions:
Put the flour in a bowl.
Gradually add enough water to make a soft dough (about 7 fl oz of water).
Knead the dough for several minutes until smooth.
Cover the dough with a damp cloth and set aside for half an hour to rest.
If the dough is runny, flour your hands and knead for a few more minutes.
Form ten equal balls and dust each with flour.
Heat up a cast-iron griddle or frying pan over a low flame on a medium heat.
Take one of the balls of dough, flatten it between the palms of the hands, and dust it with flour on both sides.
Roll out to a 5 1/2" round, and slap the roti onto the heated.
surface.
Cook for about a minute, or until soft bubbles begin to form, then turn over and cook for half a minute on the second side.
If you have a gas cooker, then use tongs to hold the roti in a second flame for 3 seconds on each side.
The roti should puff up.
Alternatively if you have an electric stove, put the roti under a hot grill for a few seconds until it puffs up.