Pumpkin chapati (chapo malenge)

Name: Pumpkin chapati (chapo malenge)
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 200 g pumpkin; 3 cups all purpose wheat flour; 1 tbs salt; 1 tbs sugar; 1 cup warm water; Enough vegetable oil for frying

Cecilia Muasa @cook_7392083

Soft layered pumpkin chapo.You can substitute pumpkin with eggs,carrots or Spinach.

Cecilia Muasa @cook_7392083

Soft layered pumpkin chapo.You can substitute pumpkin with eggs,carrots or Spinach.

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Ingredients

1 hour

5 servings

200 gpumpkin
3 cupsall purpose wheat flour
1 tbssalt
1 tbssugar
1 cupwarm water
Enough vegetable oil for frying

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Steps

1 hour

1

Cut the pumpkin into small pieces and bring to boil until soft.Peel the outer cover and mash.Mix mash and 1cup warm water until smooth.(over mix)
2

Sift together flour,salt,sugar in a bowl.Stir in cooking oil and water(mash+warm water) and knead until firm and elastic
3

Cover the dough and leave for 30 minutes
4

Roll flat the dough using rolling pin and brush the big chapati with oil
5

Start folding and rolling the big chapati with both hands
6

Once you have a shape which looks like a rope create a coil like shape
7

Make coiled balls
8

Roll the coiled balls as flat as possible with a rolling pin to a circular shape
9

Heat a frying pan over medium heat and Place the rolled out chapati
10

Fry each side until golden brown
11

Put cooked chapati in a container and serve after 10 minutes with your favorite dish.Enjoy