Kenyan Chapati

This flatbread is prepared with wheat flour, warm water, salt, and oil. Although chapati arrived in Kenya quite late, at the end of the 19th century, when Indian people worked on the Kenya-Uganda railway, nowadays it is considered a traditional food in the country.

It is said that Kenyan chapati is not that difficult to prepare, but one needs practice in order to get the right ratio of water and flour. Kenyan chapati is typically served at festive occasions and celebrations in Kenya. It can be prepared in two ways: direct chapati (regular chapati) or layered chapati, where the dough is shaped into a rope, the rope is shaped into a coil, and the dough is then pressed and rolled in order to flatten it out before baking.