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Wholemeal dough traps steam that balloons the bread over direct heat. The figure is taken from British Library, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Chapati puffs when it meets a flame

Wholemeal dough traps steam that balloons the bread over direct heat Chapati is made from atta, a finely milled wholemeal flour, mixed with water and rested before rolling thin. After a first dry cook on a griddle, the bread is held over an open flame and trapped steam expands it into layers. The puffing shows the dough was soft enough and the heat high enough. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Wholemeal dough traps steam that balloons the bread over direct heat. The figure is taken from British Library, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.