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Chapatis or ‘chapos’ as we call em in our part of the world – the awesome part of the world, are a perfect partner to stews and curries as well as grilled meats. They’re great for breakfast – fry an egg, add grated carrots, sliced onions, peppers and wrap in a chapati – The Ugandans call this a ‘Rolex” LOVE IT! So if you make chapatis and by chance some are left, you know what to make the next day 😉
Now a few tips, from my humble experience. Vegetable oil, ghee and crisco work well in this recipe – i have tried olive oil so if you do, let me know how that goes. I had once had this bright idea to try using butter and lets just say…we ate frisbees that night! So don’t try to use butter.
The water you use should be warm
Wow nice recipe .. your recipe is best 🤗
thank you dear 🙂
Wonderful…. What kind of ghee do you use given that we have a variety of ghee in Uganda?
Hi, i use a brand of ghee from the middle east which is where i currently live. Any brand of ghee should work fine
This is by far the easiest and best chapati recipe I have ever seen and tried. I finally managed to make soft and delicious chapatis quick and easy. Thanks Vanessa!
Awesome! Glad it worked out. Thank you for taking the time to let me know 🙂
It really worked for me
Thanks dear
Glad to hear that Grace 🙂
Hi. Do you let the dough rest or not?
I’ve tried making them a few times, but eacht time my dough is too elastic.
Thanks!
Hi Sarah, letting the dough rest makes a huge difference. I like to make mine a few hours in advance so that it’s easy to roll out when I’m ready to cook.
Thank you Vanessa
I just made my chapati using you style and instead of ghee and vegetable oil, I used olive oil, hope they turn up to be like your chapatis
Hi Venessa,
Your Chapati recipe is on point especially when using unbleached wheat flour only. More tepid water will be necessary if whole wheat flour is introduced. My husband loves thick, flaky, white Chapatis and this is my to go recipe. My children have a blast working these measurements. As soon as they get the water part right, I will just be making orders thanks to you.
hehe, my kids love mixing the dough (i secretly love that they love it because less work for me)
YEs with whole wheat flour, the ratio definitely changes. After doing it a couple of times, one will be able to eye ball it. The dough should be a little sticky
Can I half this recipe?
Hi, yes you can
Will.doubling this recipe make it bad?
Not at all, go right ahead 🙂
Could I use whole wheat, atta flour for this recipe?
Yes you can but i’d avoid the layers
Just made this today. I got perfect layers. Wish I could post a pic
Oh I would have loved to see a photo 🙂 So glad you managed
Tried it out and finally I made soft chapatis . 😇
So happy to hear that (does the happy dance)
Can I make it a day before? If can, how would the storage be? Thanks
Yes you can. Wrap them well in cling film and to reheat I recommend you warm them in a pan on the stove top
Venessa you just saved a life! My daughter has been insisting we should make some Chapatis and the recipes I was coming across were the messy ones… So I’ve been avoiding the subject. Thank you so much. I like your voice too. Cheers Venessa! ❤️
Hey Futhile, oh wow so happy to read that! Thank your daughter for me 😉 Hope you try other recipes on my channel
Finally, SOFT wholemeal chapatis!! 🤗🤗🤗
I am so grateful for this recipe. Now achieving soft chapatis that taste great, rather than crackers (which actually tasted great, but we’re crackers, not soft bread). Subscribed to your YT channel.
And I have to say it…what a sexy voice!! 🤗
I’ve been struggling with chapatis for over a week but can now see some crucial elements.
BIG THANK YOU!!!!
Hey Graham, you made me crack up with your comment (no pun intended). So glad you now have soft chapatis 🙂 Thank you for the lovely compliment, I feel like i never shut up now thanks to all the lovely voice comments haha.
I will surely foreward this post to all of my pals! Its very excellent and a very fine read!
Hi ! Nice recipe but the measurements are not mentioned ! I mean “3 cup” of flour but I don’t know how big is your cup compared to mine !
I am a bad cook ahah and I need measurements and ratio with water and oil
Hi Magali, good point. I will put together something for measurement that will help. Thank you for the idea 🙂
Respects given to your cookery idea.i love the methods
of you prepare, especially with the use of ghee in the make of chapati.I too fond of ghee-use in the make of chapati.
Thanks & Regards,
venkyjan26@gmail.com
I made chapati following your recipe about a month ago. I am recovering from a stroke and decided to make the dough using my hands to help with dexterity.
The recipe was very easy to follow and I did my best with the kneading. I can’t wait to make them again once my hands have more power.