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Indian Cooking Recipe : How to Make Layered Chapaties

Ingredients for the Recipe
For the chapaties

  • 1½ teacups gehun ka atta
  • 1 tbsp ghee or butter
  • ½ tsp salt

For dipping the chapaties :

  • ½ teacup milk
  • 2 tbsp maida

For the stuffing :

  • 2 potatoes, boiled
  • 2 teacups finely chopped mixed boiled vegetables (French beans, carrots, cauliflower
  • green peas etc)
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 tomato, finely chopped
  • 1 green chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • ½ tsp haldi powder
  • 1 tbsp cashewnuts, chopped
  • 1 tbsp coriander, chopped
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • salt to taste

Recipe (How to Make):
For the chapaties :

  1. Combine all the ingredients together to make a soft dough.
  2. Knead properly and keep aside for ½ hour.
  3. Roll out the dough into thin chapatis about 150 mm (6") in diameter and cook them lightly on a tava.

For the stuffing :

  1. Finely chop the potatoes. Heat the ghee, put the onion and cook for 1 minute.
  2. Put the tomato and green chilli and sauté for 1 minute.
  3. Put the potatoes, mixed vegetables, chilli powder, haldi powder, cashewnuts, coriander and salt.

How to proceed :

  1. Grease a baking dish. Put a chapati in it and spread a little stuffing.
  2. Dip another chapati in the milk and maida mixture and keep it on the top of the stuffing.
  3. Spread a little mixture again and continue ending with a dipped chapati.
  4. Pour 2 tsp of melted butter on top and bake in a hot oven at 200ºC (400ºF) for at least 15 minutes.
  5. Cut into slices.
  6. Ready to serve.