Chapati ya Tanzania

Name: Chapati ya Tanzania
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tanzanian
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 cup warm water; 3 tbsp oil, plus more for cooking; 1 tsp salt

Chapati/chah-PAH-tee/

About this dish

A flaky layered flatbread, a beloved everyday bread across Tanzania.

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Ingredients

🌾3 cups flour

💧1 cup warm water

🛢️3 tbsp oil, plus more for cooking

🧂1 tsp salt

Method

Serves 4

Mix flour, salt, oil, and warm water into a soft dough; knead until smooth and rest for 20 minutes.

Divide into balls, roll thin, brush with oil, and fold into a coil for extra layers.

Roll each coil out again into a flat round.

Cook on a hot, lightly oiled griddle until golden brown spots appear on both sides.

Serve warm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chapati is a widely eaten bread in Tanzania, reflecting South Asian culinary influence along the East African coast.

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