Chili Chapati Recipe, easy Indian style meal for breakfast or dinner
Chapati is an Indian flatbread roti made from a soft dough. In this recipe, we add the Chapati to a Chili Curry so it is soft and spicy. This is a tasty meal you can make in about 30 minutes.
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
For the Chapati
- 500g of All Purpose Flour
- Salt
- 2 tbsp of Coconut Oil
For the Chili Curry
- 1 diced Onion
- Some Ginger and Garlic Cloves blended into a paste
- Some Curry Leaves
- Some sliced Green Chilies
- 2 diced Tomatoes
- Salt
- 1.5 tbsp of Chili Powder
- Some Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp of Garam Masala (or Roasted Curry Powder)
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Chicken Curry (optional, you could also add Chili Sauce instead)
Instructions
For the Chapati
- Add 500g of All Purpose Flour into a bowl.
- Add some Salt.
- Add 2 tbsp of Coconut Oil.
- Mix the ingredients together using your hands.
- Add Water, a little at a time, while mixing and forming the dough.
- Knead the dough for about 5 to 6 minutes until you have a soft dough.
- Rub some Coconut Oil around the dough (this will prevent it from drying).
- Set this dough aside for about 15 minutes.
- After letting the dough rest, break pieces of the dough into balls.
- Coat both sides of each dough ball and then flatten it thin with a rolling pin evenly (make sure to flatten the edges).
- Heat some Oil in a saucepan.
- Add the Chapati and cook.
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When the Chapati starts forming bubbles, remove it from the pan and put the other side on top of the stove top burner grates over high heat and cook it.
- Now fold the Chapati into quarters and then slice it.
For the Chili Curry
- Heat some Oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add some of the diced Onions.
- Blend some Ginger and Garlic into a paste.
- Add some of the Ginger and Garlic paste.
- Now add the rest of the diced Onions.
- Add some Curry Leaves.
- Add some sliced Green Chilies.
- Stir frequently and lightly fry everything.
- Now add 2 diced Tomatoes.
- Add the rest of the Ginger and Garlic paste.
- Add Salt to taste.
- Add 1.5 tbsp of Chili Powder.
- Add some Turmeric Powder.
- Add 1 tsp of Garam Masala (or Roasted Curry Powder).
- Add a little bit of Water.
- Turn the stove down to low heat and stir everything together.
- Add the Chicken Curry Gravy.
- Now add the sliced Chapati into the Curry and mix thoroughly using two spoons.
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