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How to make chapatis (Indian flatbread) and egg curry – recipe

July 29, 2011 at 8:00 am Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA) 1 comment

Chapatis with egg curry and onions … mmm!

CFCA serves approximately 34,000 sponsored children and elderly in India. Sreekanth Gundoji, our communications liaison in Hyderabad, India, sends us this gorgeous recipe for chapatis and egg curry!

Chapatis are the perfect accompaniment to most Indian dishes. They can be eaten with meat and vegetarian curries, fruits, jam, yogurt, butter, chutneys, pickles, etc.

This recipe is for two to three people.

Ingredients:

• About 8.8 ounces (250 grams) of whole wheat flour
• Half a glass of water (yogurt or milk will give you super-soft chapatis)
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil

Take a bowl and add wheat flour into it (reserve a third of it). Add water and remaining flour and mix gradually to make the dough. The dough should not be hard, but soft.

Leave the dough for half an hour or one hour before making the chapatis. Here’s a picture of the dough almost ready.

Take some portion of the dough – usually 10 equal parts can be made – and roll the dough with a rolling pin.

Fry the wet chapati on a frying pan. Note: Don’t leave the chapatis for a long time! Make sure the pan is hot before frying.

Thanks to Sreekanth’s sister, Vani, for the recipe and for preparing the delicious chapatis.

Bonus recipe for egg curry

Ingredients:

• Two eggs
• About six small onions
• 5 tablespoons of vegetable/canola/sunflower cooking oil
• One spoon of cumin seeds and new brown mustard seeds
• One spoon of red chili powder
• One spoon of salt
• A pinch of turmeric powder

Cut the onions. Fry them and the seeds in a small pan until the onions are golden brown.

Add turmeric powder, red chili powder and salt to the mixture.

Break the eggs and add them to the bowl, frying for two to three minutes. Serve with chapatis.

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