Make Fresh Bread Anytime: Try This Simple Chapati Recipe, Light, Digestible, and a Wholesome Alternative to Modern Packaged Bread. Plus, made with Cupboard Ingredients only you never need to worry about shopping for fresh ingredients. Simply include a bag of flour in your monthly shop and you always have fresh bread.
Bread often gets a bad rap for being hard to digest, but chapati can be your delicious exception. Made fresh at home with just flour, water, and a pinch of salt, no yeast or additives, it’s a simple, wholesome, and sattvic food. Choosing organic, high-quality wholemeal flour makes sure your nutrient dense grains, include fibre, B vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Light and easy to digest, chapati supports balanced digestion and metabolism, and the mindful process of making it adds a restorative, grounding element to your day. Unlike packaged or leftover breads, freshly baked chapati retains its life energy (prana) and avoids tamasic heaviness, making it a surprising and nourishing way to enjoy bread again. Plus it will still be warm when you eat it and little in the world is better than warm bread.
If you like to know more about the benefits of using chapati read the aricle HERE
Tip for Pro’s: Cast Iron Chapati Pans do exist and are great. But for the longest time, I have just used a normal pan and it worked fine.
Adding a quick chapati-making habit to your life, is a simple way to bring fresh, wholesome, and sattvic (good & pure) food into your routine. With a little practice you can rustle up these delightful little breads in no time. I have not added it the quick recipe tag, as I feel you will get faster at this with practice.
The recipe is perfect, but most of the time I don’t stick to the waiting times, because I don’t have the time to do that. If you are more organised than me and can stick to the waiting times, I am sure it will slightly improve the result. It may have to do with gluten development over time, making the end result more springy and elastic. But I am happy with my short cut … when need be and think it is just as delicious.
Chapati Flatbread
Description
Only made from larder ingredients, makes this bread an always at the ready, quick food option at home. Just mix, roll and bake.
Ingredients
Larder Ingredients
Instructions
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Mix the Dough:
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In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Gradually add water while mixing with your hand or a spoon.
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Knead until the dough is smooth, elastic, and soft (about 5–7 minutes).
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Cover with a damp cloth and let it rest for 15–30 minutes.
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Divide and Roll:
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Divide the dough into 4 equal balls.
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Lightly flour a clean surface and roll each ball into a thin, round circle (about 6–8 inches in diameter).
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Cook the Chapati:
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Heat a flat skillet or tawa over medium-high heat until hot.
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Place one chapati on the skillet. Cook until bubbles form (about 30–45 seconds), then flip.
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Cook the second side until brown spots appear, then flip once more briefly. The chapati may puff up slightly — that’s perfect!
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Serve
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Remove from the skillet and keep warm in a cloth.
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Optionally, brush lightly with ghee or oil.
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Serve fresh with curries, vegetables, or enjoy on its own.
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Nutrition Facts
Servings 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 300kcal
