Chapati 101

Chapati are quite the snack here in Uganda. I'm getting a little bit more addicted every time I have one, although i'm not sure my waistline will thank me for it!

We had a lovely colleague Anna from Size of Wales visiting last week so Thursday evening quite out of the blue she extended her own invitation to learn how to make chapati to us - I didn't need asking twice!

Prepping the portion sizes!

Abdul (must find a picture of him)  our ever so reliable taxi driver, was taking Anna around last week and knowing how much a fan we were becoming of these local treats invited us all to his mum's house for her to teach us how to make chapati.

It wasn't dissimilar to making welsh cakes, mix it all up by hand, portion out, roll to the size you want and cook on the hot plate. It's just knowing the right ingredients and the local 'knack' to give me the confidence to have a go. Future team meetings be ready!

After our lesson, Abdul's family had cooked rice, beans and beef for us to go with our chapati attempts so a true Ugandan feast! Everyone has been so kind and looked after us so well while we've been here, it'll be hard to leave.

Recipe:

1 kg Flour

0.5l Water

Salt

Lard

Ghee / butter

Fingers crossed I can recreate these when I get home - Anna we're going to have to practice for our lunch date!!

Hot plate - under supervision!