(For all ingredients, please use organic versions if available)
Chinese Chapatis2 cups flour
2 cups wholemeal flour
1 sachet yeast
2 cups warm water
Salt
Flour for dusting
Vegetable oil
Tofu VeggiesTofu
Mung bean sprouts
Fresh soy beans
Sugar
Salt
Soy sauce
Vegetable oil
- To make the dough, mix 2 cups of standard flour, 2 cups of wholemeal flour, 1 sachet of yeast, and 1 cup of warm water.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until it’s dissolved.
- Add another cup of water if necessary to make sure all the dry flour stick together.
- Cover it with a lid and put it in a warm place so the dough can rise for 2-3 hours.
- After that, take out the dough and spread some dry flour around the edges so it doesn’t stick to your hands and then put it onto the board.
- Knead the dough on the board, and then cut it into a few pieces.
- Take a piece of the dough, spread some flour on both sides to make sure it doesn’t stick to either side.
- Put a little bit of salt on top.
- And then roll it up, and seal the edges, just squeeze the sides together.
- Do it again for all the pieces.
- Spread some flour on a plate, and then put the dough there and leave it for about 20 minutes so it can rise up a little bit.
- After 20 minutes, the dough will nicely puffed up, and so it’s ready to fry.
- Put a little bit oil on a pan, and then put the dough on top.
- Put the lid on so it can cook well.
- Fry one side for about 20-30 seconds, and then turn to the other side.
- Fry them until they’re golden brown and then take them out.
- Pour some oil in a pan, wait until it’s hot.
- Add in the tofu, add the salt and sugar and a little bit of soy sauce, just enough to cover the tofu. Wait until the tofu is cooked.
- Stir fry the soy and mung bean sprouts. Put the tofu back into the vegetables.
- To eat the Chinese chapatis, just cut it open from the middle, and then separate them.
- Fill in the vegetable inside.
- Ready to eat.