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Bread & baking · Kenya

Kenyan chapati

A soft layered flatbread of wheat dough coiled into a spiral before rolling.

◷ 105 minutes♧ 8 servingsSave as cookbook PDF ↓
Kenyan chapati

Ingredients

For 8 servings · tick what is ready

Use the scaled ingredient list. Steps and temperatures stay unchanged; use a larger pan or dish if needed. Seasonings to taste stay to taste.

LET’S COOK

How to make it

01

Mix the flour with the salt and sugar, add the warm water and two spoons of oil.

02

Knead the dough fifteen minutes, until it is smooth and elastic.

03

Cover it with a damp cloth and rest it an hour at room temperature.

04

Divide it into eight balls, roll each into a thin round and brush it generously with oil.

05

Roll the round into a rope, coil it like a snail and press it flat with your palm.

06

Rest the coils fifteen minutes and roll each one out into a round again.

07

Cook them in a dry pan a minute and a half a side, brushing with oil, to browned spots.

About this recipe

By UniTools · Source: UniTools — theunitools.com. Recipe content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: KittyKaht from Hong Kong, Hong Kong · CC BY-SA 2.0