How to make dough for Roti/Chapati (Indian Bread)

[mererocks79]

how many cup of flour did you use?

[vijeandran]

Nice video eateastIndian... 

[eateastIndian]

@vijeandran Thank you!

[heomak]

@eateastIndian when you say that you save your extra dough in the fridge, do you mean in the freezer or do you mean the regular lower fridge where most people normally put their vegetables, eggs, and milk?

[eateastIndian]

@heomak In the fridge..I do not freeze my dough

[eateastIndian]

@heomak it can last in the fridge 4-5 days (upto)

[clsyy]

Hi, I'm a student product designer in Singapore. I'm currently working on a project base on chapatti making. Could you help me with these questions?

Is dough kneading tiring?

How many chapattis would you make a day?

How many people would you make for and how often they eat chapatti?

Would you prefer an electrical blender to make the dough?

Would you be interested in a non-electrical dough blender which will be cheaper?

How many servings is the dough in the video made for?

[Saphir8]

why should chapatis be healthier than rice? oO

[Espenji]

Hi dear, my chapatis sometimes come out dry after cooking them. Back home I knew how to prepare them to come out soft. Could it have to do with flour. I use King Arthur wheat flour and instead of kneading with my hand I use a wooden spoon. I just dont remember what I used to do to make nice soft chapatis some years back. PS. I'm not Indian but I'm very familiar with Indian dishes and culture.

[eateastIndian]

@Espenji thanks for commenting. I was taught that more you knead the dough, softer the chapatis will be. I've never used wooden spoon to mix the dough. Make sure your skillet is hot enough (but not too hot) when you make your chapatis..it could very well be flour as well.. did you try experimenting with other kinds of flours..

[gemphu1234]

@Espenji Make ur dough soft.

Use required amount of water as in the video.

Dont press the dough so much initialy.It will make the dough hard.

First lightly mix water with flour . When it is mixed up press lightly just for a good binding.No need of pressing too much.

[missgardeny]

Could it work also with other flours? such as rice or corn?

Thank you, it looks very delicous.

[eateastIndian]

@missgardeny I am sure it can :) Taste and texture might be quite different though!

[stylishartist]

Greetings!

When I was a child and we worked picking grapes we met these Indians and everynight they made and gave use a stack of these breads we did not have much money nor did they but they were the first to share with an american family that did not have much. I never forgot these people or their breads.

[eateastIndian]

@stylishartist Thanks a lot for sharing. We Indians like to share our food with friends and food is best enjoyed when shared :) Have a fantastic weekend !

[countrybwoy420]

@stylishartist

[shakeenida]

if i use the same procedure in a food processor will it turn as soft as this?



[eateastIndian]

@shakeenida Absolutely..Food processor turns out decent dough too although nothing beats hand made dough :) Do subscribe for more tasty food !

[pashtonkhan]

Here where i live they have white procecced flour. Should flour be whole grain or just the white flour works?

[eateastIndian]

@pashtonkhan White processed flour is fine but not all purpose flour...Although roti's made out of wheat flour are the best.

[Simukaura]

Thank You....this is very helpful.

[eateastIndian]

@Simukaura You are welcome and thanks for subscribing :) Appreciated!

[kuubbrraaxo]

can you use self raising flour or plain flour??

[eateastIndian]

@kuubbrraaxo Traditional recipe calls for using plain wheat flour but ofcourse you can make it with other flours :) Thanks for watching!

[ilikethewok]

Thx so much for this video.

[eateastIndian]

@ilikethewok :) you are very welcome!

[VonLeachim]

Can u make a bread without gluten/ wheat flour

[eateastIndian]

@VonLeachim Oh yes absoultely..you can use chickpea flour (besan) or other non-gluten flours...they turn out pretty good as well..

[VonLeachim]

@eateastIndian I do eat breads am making them with Masa Harina for a corn tortilla style wrap[ soft or crispy]

though miss the texture/ flavour of chapati, naan etc .....

how d'you actually make your gluten free breads .. when I use anything other than masa harina it falls apart

[eateastIndian]

@VonLeachim I haven't used a lot of gluten free flours except chickpea flour (besan),brown rice flour, maize flour.If i am making besan chapati then I sometimes add onions, chillis etc in the flour itself.. will load my video soon...but I do agree with you, the consistency/texture/flavor is totally different depending on flour we use. For gluten free flours you'll have to use some kind of binding agent to make sure bread doesnt fall apart :)

[VonLeachim]

@eateastIndian ok, thank you.

[eateastIndian]

@VonLeachim My pleasure :)