Happy Chapattis!

What IS a happy chapatti, let alone how do you make one?! A happy chapatti is one which puffs up during cooking. It is an indication that your bread will be light and fluffy and will pull apart into neat pieces which allow you to scoop up your other food easily. Yum!

I have to confess to never having tried to make chapattis, despite being a reasonable cook in other areas. Cooking with yeast is a challenge, in my book and not one I have yet taken up! But I have been paying close attention, against the day.

Once you have pulled off a ball of dough, rolled it, flattened it with the heel of your hands, you then slap it around a bit to flatten it out. Good therapy for dealing with latent aggression, I should think! Next you place your dough on a board begin rolling it to the required size.


When it's ready, flip it onto a preheated dry griddle and allow it to brown on one side.

Turn it over, taking care not to burn yourself.

If the chapatti puffs up - as shown - it is called a 'happy chapatti' and you're home and hosed!

Only thing left to do is gobble it up while it's still hot with delicious spiced veggies or curry! Sigh! Memories are made of this!