How to Make Layered and Soft Chapati

Chapati is a type of bread that is common in Kenya. It is served with chicken or beef curry.

Cuisine	Kenya, East African
Course	Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner
Cooking time	1 Hour
Servings	4 – 6

Table of Contents

✦ The Ingredients

1 ✦ Melt the 3 spoons of butter.

2 ✦ Put the melted butter in a bowl and then add the salt and the sugar. Then stir until they dissolve.

3 ✦ In another bowl, whip up the egg.

4 ✦ Then add the whipped egg to the mixture and stir it.

5 ✦ Next, add the 3 cups of the all-purpose wheat flour and mix it.

6 ✦ Now add 1/2 cup of the warm water and start to knead.

7 ✦ Keep adding the water to the mixture while kneading until the dough is thick and soft.

8 ✦ Keep kneading the dough for 5 minutes and sprinkle some wheat flour if needed.

9 ✦ Add a teaspoon of the sunflower oil to the dough and keep on kneading.

10 ✦ Next, cover the dough and leave it for 1 hour.

11✦ After 1 hour, dust a tray with some flour.

12 ✦ Then divide the dough into parts. Then shape them into ball-like shapes and then place them on the tray.

13 ✦ Use a rolling pin to roll each one of them, one at a time into a circular shape.

14 ✦ Then brush or spread the vegetable oil on the top.

15 ✦ Roll the oiled chapati until you have a shape that is similar to a rope.

16 ✦Then coil it and press it to make it flat.

Note: To make the work easier, do the steps 13, 14, and 15 to each one of the parts first, then head to step 16.

16 ✦Heat up the pan to 300 – 350°c.

17 ✦ Use the rolling pin to make circular shaped chapatis, each at a time.

18 ✦ Then place the rolled out chapatis on the pan, each at a time. And spread the sunflower oil on each of the sides until they are golden brown.

19 ✦ When each is ready, you put it in a plastic wrap or in a covered container.

20 ✦ Leave them for 20 minutes. Then they are ready to be served.

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