Chilli Chapathi Recipe with step by step pics and a short Youtube video. If you like my video, please do SUBSCRIBE to my channel ‘Asmallbite’. This Chilli Chapati recipe is a merge of Indo-Chinese cuisine. The process is quite simple only, chapatis are cut into cubes, tossed with onion, capsicum and some sauces. It is a great idea to use the leftover chapatis and we have a happy feeling that we have not wasted any food. Also, kids who hate to eat chapati also like this dish. Actually, in restaurants, the chapatis are dipped in batter and deep-fried in oil till crispy, I have given that method too in the tips section. But the version I have shared here is not deep fried and low calorie one, so once in a while, you can enjoy it happily! It is also a delicious and great dinner idea. If interested, check my Chilli Idli and Chilli Parotta recipes.
Check my other Dinner Recipes like
1. Chapati Noodles
2. Kaima Parotta
3. Veg Hakka Noodles
4. Aloo Paratha
5. Bhatura / Bhature
6. Kerala Parotta
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Chilli Chapathi Recipe | Chilli Chapati
Equipment
- Stovetop
- Kadai / Pan
Ingredients
- 5 Chapati Link for Homemade Chapati
- 2 Green Chilli
- 1 Onion
- 1 tbsp Garlic Chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger Chopped
- ¼ Cup Capsicum
- 1 Tomato
- 2 Turmeric Powder
- 2 tsp Chilli Powder
- 1.5 tbsp Tomato Sauce
- 1.5 tsp Soy Sauce
- Salt As Required
- 1 tbsp Coriander Leaves (For Garnishing)
- Few Drops Lemon Juice
To Temper
- 2 tbsp Oil
- ½ tsp Fennel Seeds
- 1 Small Piece Cinnamon
- 4 Cardamom
- 4 Cloves
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 sprig Curry Leaves
Instructions
- Cook 5 chapati in a Tawa (click the link here for chapati recipe with video). Tear the chapati roughly or cut with kitchen scissors or chop with a knife as per desire.
- Then, chop the onion, ginger, garlic, tomato and capsicum. Then, slit the green chilli, tear the curry leaves and keep aside.
- Measure the tempering ingredients, spice powders, sauces and set aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, then add the fennel seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf. Season in low flame, till nice smell wafts.
- Now, add the curry leaves, green chilli and give a quick stir.
- Add the onion, capsicum and saute till translucent.
- Now, add the tomato and saute again till mushy.
- Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, a little salt and give a mix. Don't add more salt, as the chapati and sauces have added salt in it, adjust for the veggies only.
- Now, pour the soya sauce.
- Then, add the tomato sauce.
- Pour 1/4 cup of water and mix well. Let it boil for 2 minutes, so the raw smell of the spice powders leaves.
- Then add the chopped chapati pieces.
- Toss in medium flame for 2 minutes, till the chapati absorbs all the spice powders and sauces. Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. Squeeze lemon juice on top before serving.
- Mix everything well.Serve this Chilli Chapathi Recipe with onion raitha.
Video
Notes
Tips for Chilli Chapati Recipe
1. I used homemade chapati, you can try it with readymade or leftover ones too. 2. I used my kitchen scissors to cut the chapati. Usually, restaurant-style Chilli Chapati looks bigger, so I chopped a little big. 3. For a complete Hotel Style: Mix 2 tbsp All purpose flour / cornflour + 2 tsp chilli powder + salt + water to form a batter. Dip the chapati pieces in the batter and deep fry it in oil. But the cooking time and the calorie count increases in this method. 4. Adjust green chilli and chilli powder as per spice level preferred. 5. For a bright colour, use Kashmiri chilli powder or 1 pinch of red food colour (I didn’t use). 6.For more flavour, 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder can be added for this Chilli Chapathi Recipe. 7. Don’t add soy sauce more than mentioned, else the dish turns darker. 8. Be little alert while adding salt, as the chapati and sauces have added salt in it already. 9. For more spiciness, 1/2 tsp of pepper powder can be sprinkled at last. 10. Coriander leaves can be replaced with spring onions also.
Chilli Chapati Recipe
Method for Chilli Chapathi Recipe
1. Cook 5 chapati in a Tawa (click the link here for chapati recipe with video). Tear the chapati roughly or cut with kitchen scissors or chop with a knife as per desire.
2. Then, chop the onion, ginger, garlic, tomato and capsicum. Then, slit the green chilli, tear the curry leaves and keep aside.
3. Measure the tempering ingredients, spice powders, sauces and set aside.
4. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan, then add the fennel seeds, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaf. Season in low flame, till nice smell wafts.
5. Now, add the curry leaves, green chilli and give a quick stir.
6. Add the onion, capsicum and saute till translucent.
7. Now, add the tomato and saute again till mushy.
8. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, a little salt and give a mix. Don’t add more salt, as the chapati and sauces have added salt in it, adjust for the veggies only.
9. Now, pour the soya sauce.
10. Then, add the tomato sauce.
11. Pour 1/4 cup of water and mix well. Let it boil for 2 minutes, so the raw smell of the spice powders leaves.
12. Then add the chopped chapati pieces.
13. Toss in medium flame for 2 minutes, till the chapati absorbs all the spice powders and sauces. Switch off the flame and garnish with coriander leaves. Squeeze lemon juice on top before serving.
14. Mix everything well.
Serve this Chilli Chapathi Recipe with onion raitha.
Chilli Chapathi Recipe
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