Chapatis... Parathas...

I've been trying to make Chapatis because my daughter LOVES them and being a toddler its hard to get her to eat anything she doesn't like.

I made chapatis from this recipe on the Manjula's kitchen web site. I made them twice thus far. First time I didn't do everything the right way. The second time, today, I followed the recipe pretty close to original. They came out much better, almost perfect. I made a double batch. The trick for me was to figure out how thick to make them and surprisingly the timing of when to flip. If you let it crisp up too much before flipping they won't puff up. I liked the visuals on the youtube video. Would give this recipe a thumbs up.

I also tried to make the spinach paratha's from Manjula's Kitchen last night. My daughter asked for the white chapatis so she wasn't as much of a fan but my husband loved them. Ok, so first, they came out pretty good but they took a long time and were hard to make. Probably because it was the first time ever I made such things. They tasted good and were moist. I think the two things I need to try differently next time - I didn't make the spinach dry enough. Maybe put a little bit less in each paratha and also maybe less oil in the chapati part itself. But maybe if it were dryer I don't need to worry about the latter. Would give it a thumbs up as well.



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