chapatti
/tʃəˈpɑːti
/ /tʃəˈpati/(also chapati)
noun (plural chapattis)
(In Indian cooking) a thin pancake of unleavened wholemeal bread cooked on a griddle.Tea and wheat products such as chapattis or pitta bread adversely affect iron absorption...
- I make the chapattis whenever I come home at lunchtime.
- We also had Indian food including mangoes, chapattis and poppadoms.
Origin
From Hindi capātī, from capānā 'flatten, roll out'.