1. Put flour into a bowl in proportion to the amount you desire...that looks about right. |
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2. Pour in water and start mixing the dough around with your hands until you get a sticky consistency. Add salt if you so desire. |
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3. Now add cooking oil until the mixture comes off your hands and the dough becomes nice and greasy...I mean healthily slick and smooth. Roll a few golf ball sized dough balls. |
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4. Roll out the dough into and oval and smear delicious cooking grease...or one of those 'healthy' American substitutes. |
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5. Roll it into a snake. You can now scare your neighbors (Tanzanians have great fear for snakes) or continue with the recipe... |
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6. Stretch out the dough by twirling it like a jump rope. |
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7. Coil it up and prepare the rest of the dough. |
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8. Now roll the dough out with or without flour depending on how 'healthy' you made your chapati. |
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9. Heat up a pan until the cooking oil starts popping. Brown each side and serve with beans or, my personal favorite, chicken soup. |
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