Stuffed Cheese Chapati

Ready to go lunch

If your kid likes Cheese Quesadilla, this item would be an alternate substitute for it that can be made at home. I have been making Stuffed Cheese Chapati for the past one year.  My son likes it, as I slice it into pieces that is easier for him to eat during lunch. At least two days in a week Stuffed Cheese Chapati will be on his lunch menu.

Preparation time: 10 min

Ingredients

Cooking time: 10 min
Serving size: 4 chapatis

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 1 cup
• Egg - 1
• Shredded Cheese - 1 cup
• Salt to taste
• Oil to make the chapati

Preparation:

Roll out the chapati dough and spread the chapati

• Prepare chapati dough after adding required amount of salt. I use warm water to make the chapati dough so that the chapati turns out softer. Cover the dough and set aside.
• Beat the egg and set aside.
• You can use the shredded cheese that you get from stores or get cheese chunks and grate it.
• Divide the chapati into 8 equal parts. We need 2 balls of dough to make one stuffed chapati.
• Roll out 2 balls as thin as possible.
• Spread about 2 tsp of the beaten egg on one of the rolled dough.
• Spread the shredded cheese over the egg layer. Take care to leave at-least one inch space around otherwise the cheese will easily come out when being cooked.



Cook the chapati

• Cover the stuffed cheese with the other rolled out dough and seal the entire rim of the circle properly. Use your hand or rolling pin to seal the stuffing. You don't need to roll out the dough.

Cooking:

Cooked and ready to remove

• Heat the chapati pan to medium heat.
• Cook the stuffed chapati adding  1/2 tsp of oil on both the sides. 
• Cook well on both sides until you see the chapati turn light brown.
• Slice the chapati into 4 quadrants with a pizza slicer or a kitchen scissor.
• Hot Stuffed Cheese Chapati is ready to be served.

Nutritional facts:
Whole wheat flour has the fiber content and carbohydrate good for a meal. Cheese, as we all know, is rich in calcium and protein. This is good for teeth and bone health. It also has the vitamins that keeps the skin healthy. Egg is a great source of protein and vitamins like vitamin A that helps in maintaining eye health. The folic acid in egg is good for the brain health and nervous system.

Cut into quadrant slices

Try the Stuffed Cheese Chapati for your kid's lunch and let me know if
you get empty boxes back in the evening... :-)

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