Easy Chappathi

Chapathi is a typical north indian dish. I love to eat chapathi and absolutely hate to make them. I guess there will be quite a few like me. So i found out an easy way to tackle the making process of chapathi. No one actually tells you how much water to add when making a dough, and as far as i am concerned thats the crucial part. So i found a measure..lucky you..heres my recipe for lazy cooks. I tried this with durum atta(absolutely no idea how thats different from regular atta. trust me theres no difference in taste), and it came well. Atta is the indian term for whole wheat flour.

Atta - 4 cups (will give around 13-14 big chapathis).
Water- 1 1/2 cup
Oil - 1tbsp
Salt - as reqd..roughly 1tsp

Mix all the ingredients together as a dough. Kneed them enough so that its soft. Make sure they dont stick to your fingers. If after 8-9 kneeds the dough continue to stick add some more atta. But with this measure i guess that situation wont arise. Once it a soft dough, make small balls out of it, size of golf balls.

Then on a clean flat surface, place each ball, dust them with a little maida/atta/flour and flatten them to a thin round shape (like tortillas, if u dont know what chappathis are, or c picture) using a 'belan' (rolling pin). Then use a skillet to fry them. Turn it both sides till its cooked and then add a little butter/ghee and turn it once again. and u get fluffy chapathis.. If you are health conscious, you can avoid the butter/ghee and it turns out just great. Nowadays i dont add them and I still manage to get soft chapathis...
You can have them with chicken curry, chana curry(chick peas curry), egg curry , gobi manchurian or just indian pickle will be grt.

Some tips
Can use one cup maida and 3 cups atta, if u care for softness more than health.
More maida will make the dough little sticky.
Maida is soft wheat flour and atta is hard wheat or whole wheat flour.

Try them and do let me know whether u have mastered it..