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- noun Plural form of
chapati .
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Examples
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You can serve it with some pulao, or just plain chapatis.
Comfort Foods: Tomato Pakoda Kadhi Cardamom 2008
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The rice was fresh, light and fluffy and the chapatis were a pleasant change from my usual burntto-a-crisp paratha.
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The challenge in Khakara making is the patient rolling out of thin chapatis and then roasting them almost meditatively to a perfect golden crispness.
Methi Khakara Anjali 2009
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All my brothers and sisters would fight for two chapatis, but Mum always made sure every one got their equal share.
Family life 2011
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"So I wasn't the typical Asian girl who was taught to make round chapatis in the kitchen – in fact, I can't make round chapatis to this day."
Police watchdog Amerdeep Somal: 'I read her diaries. It was humbling' 2011
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The challenge in Khakara making is the patient rolling out of thin chapatis and then roasting them almost meditatively to a perfect golden crispness.
Archive 2009-04-01 Anjali 2009
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We eat in Suprabhatham, dosas and chapatis are slammed unceremoniously down on the table and we use our right-hand fingers instead of cutlery.
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Colin StaplehurstIngredientsLeftover chapatis or rotis or ready-made ones if you likeA little olive oil or butterHeat oil in a frying pan, fry the chapati on both sides till it's crispy and delicious.
Family life 2011
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But Hazare's asceticism – he eats yoghurt for breakfast, chapatis and a single portion of vegetables for lunch and has just a glass of lemon juice for dinner – has a deep resonance in a time when unbridled materialism is the dominant social ethic.
Anna Hazare: the divisive face of a new India | profile 2011
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Every weekend I make fried chapatis and say thanks to Mum and Dad.
Family life 2011
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