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chapati

[ chuh-pah-tee, -pat-ee ]

noun

plural chapati, chapatis, chapaties.
  1. an unleavened, whole wheat flatbread common in South Asia and East Africa, traditionally baked on a griddle or skillet.


chapati

/ tʃəˈpætɪ; -ˈpÊŒtɪ; -ˈpÉ‘Ëtɪ /

noun

  1. (in Indian cookery) a flat coarse unleavened bread resembling a pancake
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chapati1

First recorded in 1855–60; from Hindi ³¦²¹±èÄå³Ù¾±
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chapati1

from Hindi
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"I was so hungry, I took five chapatis and ate them with tea," Caleb says.

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Memories of the chapati study came "flooding back", the daughter says, after recent media coverage.

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An MP said she would call for a debate regarding the use of "radioactive isotopes in chapatis" once fed to South Asian women to study iron absorption.

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A restaurant on the outskirts of Nairobi skimps on the size of its chapatis - a flaky, chewy Kenyan flatbread - to save on cooking oil.

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“We had to reduce the size of our chapatis because even after we increased the price, we were suffering because cooking oil prices have also remained high,†Kioko says.

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