Chapati

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/miscellany_pdf/Misc9recipes.pdf

Chapati

Bread

Ain i Akbari There is a large kind, baked in an oven, made of 10 s. flour; 5 s. milk; 1 1/2 s. ghi; 1/4
s. salt. They make also smaller ones. The thin kind is baked on an iron plate. One ser will give fifteen,
or even more. There are various ways of making it; one kind is called chapati, which is sometimes
made of khushka; it tastes very well when served hot. [see p. 6 for units]
1 lb = 3 1/2 c flour 2.4 oz ghee (clarified butter) = 3/8-1/2 c
1/2 lb = 1 c milk .4 oz salt = 1/2 T
Melt the ghee, stir it into the flour with a fork until there are only very small lumps. Stir in the
milk until thoroughly mixed, knead briefly. Put the ball of dough in a bowl covered by a damp
cloth and leave for at least an hour. Then knead the dough until it is smooth and elastic, adding a
little extra flour if necessary. Either:
Take a ball of dough about 2" in diameter, roll it out to about a 5" diameter circle. Cook it in a
hot frying pan without grease. After about 2 minutes it should start to puff up a little in places.
Turn it. Cook another 2 minutes. Turn it. Cook another 2 minutes. It should be done. The recipe
should make about 11 of these. Or ...
Take a ball of dough about 3" in diameter. Roll it down to a circle about 7" in diameter and 1/4"
thick. Heat a baking sheet in a 450° oven. Put the circle of dough on it in the oven. Bake about 6
minutes; it should be puffing up. Turn it over. Bake about 4 minutes more. Take it out. The
recipe should make about 5 of these.

I looked up Chapati and found information on it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapati
It is a type of roti made from common whole wheat flour. It varies is size and thickness according to
the location and even the home it is made in. Because I knew some who would be sampling can not
have dairy I used water instead of milk and olive oil instead of butter. According to many of the modern recipes I looked at for this water is often used and oil or butter is not common.

A Youtube video on how to make it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwtelJNe7ls
This video shows how it puffs up like a pillow. (It's so exciting!)