Righto its been a while, but I've found a recipe so good I am blogging it before I've even got up from the table. I went to my local Indian Foodmarket today, and while checking out I happened to mention to the lady that I need to cook Gluten Free. She gave me this awesome and simple recipe:
Gluten Free Buckwheat Chapatis
1 cup Buckwheat Flour
1 tablespoon rice flour
good pinch of salt
Place in a bowl, then add a little boiling water, mix with a spoon adding just a wee bit of water at a time until you have something a bit like breadcrumbs that sticks together if you push it. Careful now as its hot, using your hand start to bring it together into a ball of dough. If you've added too much water it will be sticky, add a bit more buckwheat flour to bring it back to a kneadable dough.
Either knead it in the bowl, or turn it out onto a floured board. I have a silicone baking sheet that I use for this. Knead for 3-4 mins. Set aside in the bowl, cover with plastic wrap and allow to rest at least 20 mins.
Once rested divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll into balls. Roll out each one to about 3mm thick, or as thin as you can go and still pick them up easily. Use extra flour to dust the board and rolling pin, or you can try doing it between two sheets of plastic wrap. Good luck with that by the way.
Dry fry each one in a frying pan, turning frequently and squash them flat with a spatula when they puff up.
Now the exciting part, to be a chapati it needs to go briefly on an open flame. If you have a gas stove you can pop each one directly onto the burner flip it over before it burns. I don't have a gas stove (sadly) so I tried the bbq, this didn't work, the grill is too far from the flame. A wok burner would be ideal. My solution was to get out the camping stove, and this worked a treat. Entertained the kids too.
Sorry no photos I was too hungry. Promise I'll add some next time I make them.
