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Coast egg chapati
Mombasa street-style square chapati parcels filled with egg, onion and capsicum
The famous coast street snack: paper-thin dough wrapped around a samosa chapati, spiced onion and capsicum filling and a beaten egg, folded into a square parcel and fried slowly until crisp and golden. Make them just before serving. Serve hot with a crunchy carrot, cabbage and cucumber salad and red chilli and tamarind chutneys. Contains egg.
- Total time
- 130 min
- Difficulty
- hard
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the outer covering
For the inner chapati
For the onion filling
For the salad
For frying
Method
0/12 doneStep 1: Make six thin samosa chapatis, about 15 cm across, from 0.5 batch samosa chapati dough, following the samosa chapaties recipe. Keep them covered.
Step 2: Mix 6 ½ oz plain flour, 1 tbsp oil and 1 tsp salt and knead into a medium-soft dough, adding ½ cup water a little at a time.
Step 3: Cover and leave aside for 1 hour.
60 minStep 4: Just before cooking, mix 4 onions, 2 capsicums, 1 tbsp green chilli paste, 1 tbsp ginger paste and 2 tbsp fresh coriander. Add 1 tsp salt only now, or the onions will turn watery. The chapatis must be made at serving time.
Step 5: Knead the dough again and divide it into 6 portions.
Step 6: On a large greased board, roll one portion out very thinly into a 35 cm square.
Step 7: Place one inner chapati in the centre and spread 2–3 tablespoons of filling on top.
Step 8: Break one of the 6 eggs into a small bowl and beat it with a fork. Pour it over the filling.
Step 9: Quickly fold the edges of the dough over the filling to form a square parcel.
Step 10: Shallow fry the parcel on a thick griddle over a very low heat, adding a little 6 tbsp oil for shallow frying as it fries, until crisp and golden brown on all sides. Repeat with the rest.
6 minStep 11: Make the salad: mix 3 carrots, 5 ½ oz cabbage, 9 oz cucumber, 1 tbsp tamarind and date chutney, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp lemon juice and 1 pinch salt and sugar.
Step 12: Serve the egg chapatis hot with the salad and red chilli and tamarind chutneys.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 420 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 45 g
- Fat
- 21 g
- Fibre
- 5 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does coast egg chapati take?
- About 130 minutes in total: 90 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Is it very spicy?
- It has some heat. Use less chilli for a milder version, or more if you like it hot.
- What can I use instead of eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
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