How to Use chapati in a Sentence
chapati
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When their food arrived, the men leaned over the plates and tore into the stacks of chapati.
—Lauren Markham, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2018
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For the rest of the meal, any of the suqqars (diced and spiced meat stir-fries) paired with chapati is a good starting point to explore Somalian cuisine.
—Omar Mamoon, SFChronicle.com, 28 Dec. 2020
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This means white bread, but treated like chapati, torn by hand and wrapped around the hunks of chicken, potato and tangled onions.
—New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
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Like chapati, puri is made from a simple durum wheat flour dough.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Mar. 2020
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Stir in the cream and cook for 1 minute, then serve immediately with rice or chapati bread.
—ExpressNews.com, 31 July 2019
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Like ugali, chapati is a useful tool for sponging sauces.
—Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
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The next morning, Moju will take leftover chapati to make rolex.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
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Jackfruit is also cooked as a spicy stir-fry dish called kathal ki sabzi, often served with hot chapati.
—Bon Appétit, 8 Apr. 2022
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Immy's also sells two kinds of hot sauce, one mild and one spicier, and sides including greens and chapati, the wheat flabread.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2020
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The kitchen staff piled on the curry, yellow rice, mango chutney, dill raita, chapati bread and roasted chickpeas.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
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Lillian Olwa’s carrot and onion chapatis are a nod to her childhood growing up in Uganda.
—Sarah Henry, Washington Post, 27 June 2019
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To round out the meal, there’s sukuma wiki, thinly shaved collard greens sautéed with tomato, ginger and garlic, and Kenyan chapati, flaky, crisp flatbreads that are a must for any celebratory meal.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2020
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Find an entire aisle of rice, another of spices and starches, an impressive selection of frozen naan, chapati and paratha, dry goods, frozen foods, beauty products, incense, housewares, ice creams and more.
—Samantha Bakall | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2017
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People would smell her cooking and start asking questions, then sample the chapati, bajia, fufu, egusi, chicken curry and sambusas.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2021
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Staples like rice, pasta, eggs, canned fruit and vegetables, and flatbreads (locally known chapati) form the bulk of the ingredients, but a creative chief will find ways to keep the diet interesting.
—National Geographic, 16 May 2019
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Steps from the University of Minnesota campus, Afro Deli serves cheeseburgers, quesadillas, and other fast-casual fixtures alongside sambusas and chapati wraps.
—Sarah Khan, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
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