chapatti

cha·pa·ti

also cha·pat·ti (chə-pä′tē)

n. pl. cha·pa·tis

A flat, unleavened, disk-shaped bread of northern India, made of wheat flour, water, and salt. Also called roti.

[Hindi capātī, from capānā, to press down, flatten, causative of capnā, to be pressed or flattened; akin to Prakrit cappaï, he presses; perhaps akin to Sanskrit carpaṭaḥ, flat of the hand, thin biscuit of flour (ultimately of non-Indo-Aryan origin) or to Tamil cappaṭṭai, anything flat, flatness.]

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chapatti - flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle

chapati

flatbread - any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough

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Earlier we used to serve salt and rice and now salt and chapatti. 25 children in this school ate salt and chapatti.

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Sardar Faheem, the owner of a tandoor, said they buy newspapers from the ragman to wrap chapatti and Naan in it due to cost effective, while other paper available in the market was not cheaper.

Usage of newspapers as packing material banned in Islamabad

Moeen khan, a ragman while expressing his concern said: 'My sales, which are mostly newspapers, will be affected and the cost at which I sell the papers to restaurants or roadside sellers will also go down.' Sardar Faheem, the owner of a tandoor, said they buy newspapers from the ragman to wrap chapatti and Naan in it due to cost-effective, while other paper available in the market was not cheaper.

Ban imposed on use of newspapers as packing material in Islamabad

Chapatti weight was maintained at 150-160 gram, but it had been reduced by some tandoor owners, said Mr Mian.

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An Indian cuisine is incomplete without chapathi, this ardent task of chapathi making is now simplified with production of 1000 - 8000 pcs/per hour by using Al Nabas range of automatic and semi- automatic chapatti making machines.

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Typical South Asian diets include traditional cereals (chapatti, rice and paratha) with vegetable curries contributing most towards energy intake.

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Summary: Yes, it is the shape of the ubiquitous chapatti that concerns us and in some cases occupies our thoughts and deeds three times a day -- at breakfast, lunch and dinner!

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The dishes, things like griddled chapatti bread, coconut and cauliflower curry, vegetable biryani, and grated carrot and cashew pudding, fuel the students for the day.

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According to Shah Latif police, the victim girl had gone to Nanbai to purchase chapatti .