Chapati

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At Dishoom we serve roomali roti, a soft, thin, unleavened “handkerchief” bread. The dough is flipped and stretched by hand until it resembles fine cloth. The saying goes that the test for a good roomali is whether you can read a newspaper through it. This technique takes years to master, so we suggest you use our recipe below to make slightly thicker (and much more straightforward) chapatis. It takes only a couple of minutes to cook a chapati, and the dough will keep, well wrapped, in the fridge for up to 2 days. Chapatis go well with just about everything – grills, curries, etc.; they also form the basis of the chapati rolls on page 280.