Chapati is Indian flat bread made of wheat flour. Preparing chapatis can be quite easy. But making it very soft is what a big question. I used to waste lot of wheat flour when I don’t know cooking or cooking techniques. I think it is a biggest worry for most of us. But trust me , it is as easy as we imagine. There are lot of techniques available to make soft chappati – adding warm water, adding curd etc. But I am going to show you a measurement and a kneading technique.

 Let’s see how to make soft layered chapatti easily.

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• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins
• Serves: 1 (4 to 6 chapatis)

Ingredients needed:

• Wheat flour / Atta – 1 cup
• Water – +/- 1/2 cup
• Salt as needed
• Oil/Ghee – 1 tsp

Method :

1. Mix together the wheat flour, salt and 1 tsp of oil
2. Slowly add water little by little; Start with less water and gradually increase it, as needed.
3. Rotate/Mix the flour in the same direction. Flour will gather together as a moist dough.
4. Once all the flours are mixed together as a dough, cover it with a clean damp paper towel or clothe and rest it for 10 to 20 minutes
5. After 10 (to 20 minutes), dough will be soft. Now comes the technique to make soft and layered chapattis.
   1. Spread the dough in the bowl by pressing it
   2. Fold it in all the directions and make it as ball again
   3. Knead together
6. Repeat these 3 steps for 5 to 10 minutes to make it even more soft
7. Rest the dough until you start making chapatti or you can start making it right away.
8. Knead the dough once again for several minutes and divide it into a ball (Size as you prefer)
9. Dust the ball with wheat flour and start roll out evenly;

• Heat a non-stick pan or cast-iron skillet; Place each chapatti on a very lightly oiled skillet. Let each side gets heat for 10 – 15 seconds. When it is heated through, while color bubbles will appear. Keep flip over until both the sides cooked. Once it is cooked well, brown/black spots will appear.
• Grease with little oil/ghee on both the sides
• When it gets cooked on a medium flame, chapatti will raise up with air filled bubbles. If you don’t see it, gently press it with the spatula.

Very very soft, layered and Fluffy roti / chapatti is ready.

Note:

1. 1 cup of wheat flour = 1/2 cup of water is a standard measurement. But based on the wheat flour (store bought or whole wheat grinded flour) or the quality, water measurement might gets vary.
2. If you add very little water, dough will become very hard and rough; if you add more water, dough will become watery and it will be tough to roll out the chapatti
3. When you roll out the chapatti, spread it evenly. We don’t really need to achieve a perfect round shape. But make it even all sides. Don’t spread it too thick or thin. Should be medium size.
4. Use wheat flour for dusting while roll out the chapattis. (For pooris, use oil)
5. Cook chapattis on a medium flame.
6. Ghee can be used instead of oil

Thank you. Meet you soon with another easy and tasty recipe.

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