Soft layered chapatis

Name: Soft layered chapatis
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 4 cups all purpose flour; 2 cups of Warm water; 1 tbsp salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 50 g oil

Shannon A @cook_7432067

Chapatis are among one of the common delicacies in Kenya. They are fun and easy to prepare. Chapatis are really rich in carbohydrates hence high in energy and they are also a good source of dietary fiber

Shannon A @cook_7432067

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Ingredients

30minutes

3 servings

4 cupsall purpose flour
2 cupsof Warm water
1 tbspsalt
1 tbspsugar
50 goil

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Steps

30minutes

1

Into a bowl put 2 cups of all purpose flour
2

Add salt and sugar to the flour
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Mix the dry ingredients with warm water and knead to form a thick paste, add more flour to thicken but the dough should not be too hard.
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Then cover the dough for 30 minutes with an aluminium foil to allow it to rest.
5

After the 30 minutes divide the dough into 8 to 10 equal parts depending on how manyof chapatis you want. The parts should be ball like shapes
6

On a flat surface take one ball of the dough and roll the ball into circular shapes with a rolling pin.
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Add the flour when needed to prevent the it from sticking
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Apply oil on top of the dough with a brush and start folding the oiled dough with both hands from your direction
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You should have a shape that looks like a rope,thencoil it to create a coil like shape, repeat this for the remaining doughs
10

To the coiled dough roll the dough into a circular shape again with a rolling pin. Repeat this for the remaining doughs
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Heat the oil in a frying pan and place rolled dough in the heated pan. Fry the chapati on both side until they become golden brown in each side. this should be done on medium heat.
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Repeat the last step 8 times. Then put the chapatis into a hotpot for around five minutes an serve while still hot