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  • noun An extremely simple circular, flat, unleavened bread made with sieved wholemeal flour and water. Found in Indian cuisine.

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  • noun flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle

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Examples

  • In fact we gave them chapatti, which is not typical food for someone who struggles to eat each day.

    Pure Christianity 2008

  • Coronation chicken is a dish begging to be rescued from the retirement home of the chiller cabinet and given the respect it deserves: as Simon Hopkinson tartly observes, "those cowboys who continue to think that bottled curry paste mixed with Hellmann's is in any way a reasonable substitute here need a good slap with a cold chapatti".

    How to cook perfect coronation chicken 2011

  • We spent three days riding bikes through the ruins, exploring temples, and enjoying chai tea and thali (a cheap Indian dish consisting of rice, chapatti, curry, and dal) along the river.

    Carly Shankman: Coconuts and Temples: Hampi, India Carly Shankman 2010

  • "Some weeks it would be like chapatti – you'd just make flour and water and grill them and have them with margarine on top" – other weeks they simply binged, and many of them, including Caitlin, became obese.

    The Saturday interview: Caitlin Moran 2011

  • "Some weeks it would be like chapatti – you'd just make flour and water and grill them and have them with margarine on top" – other weeks they simply binged, and many of them, including Caitlin, became obese.

    The Saturday interview: Caitlin Moran 2011

  • One gets the feeling this chapatti is not fully cooked as yet.

    Grain Drain 2010

  • When the griddle is hot, pick up a rolled out chapatti and slap it back and forth gently to remove any excess flour.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008

  • Then move the chapatti to the back burner, where it should fill with steam and swell like a balloon.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008

  • This reminds me of chapatti, one of my favourite flatbreads.

    A Rant and A (Good) Recipe: Algerian Flatbread - Msemmen [Αλγερινή Πίτα (Ψωμί)] Laurie Constantino 2008

  • One gets the feeling this chapatti is not fully cooked as yet.

    Grain Drain 2010

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