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Chapati

side dish, snack | Malaysia, Mamak, Singapore
banana leaf chapati set with 3 vegetable dishes
banana leaf chapati set with 3 vegetable dishes

other names: Chapathi

basic flat indian bread made of dough, water and salt

Chapati is a side dish like rice that is eaten along with vegetable or meat dishes. A simple and common way to eat chapati is to have it with dhal (lentil soup).

related entry: » Thosai
southern Indian crepe made of rice and dhal ... more

Wikipedia Wikipedia says:
Chapati or Chapathi (Kannada: ಚಪಾತಿ, Urdu: چپاتی, Marathi: पोळी Hindi: चपाती, IPA: [tʃəpɑt̪i]; Turkmen: Çapady) is a thin, unleavened flat bread (roti) of South Asia and East Africa. It is also found in Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ghana and parts of West Africa. ... read the whole article

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