2015-01-20

Chapati - Unleavened Flatbread

Chapati, Chapatti, Chapathi or roti is an unleavened flatbread from the Indian subcontinent. Ingredient : wheat.

Chapati is a form of roti or rotta (bread). Roti or rotta refers to any flat unleavened bread, chapati is a roti made of whole wheat flour and cooked on a tava (flat skillet).









Roti is the generic name for any bread.

Chapathi is a simple bread made from whole durham wheat and water (usually no or very little oil) and is made on a griddle (thawa)


Naan is made from white flour and cooked in a tandoor or open flame. Naan or Nan is a leavened, oven-baked flatbread. 


Parathas come with a lot more oil usually added right before and during cooking and might be stuffied with spices, cheese, veggies, etc.

Parota is a very different bread, that is very flaky like a croissant and has even more oil than paratha.

Roti, Chapati & Paratha are all Indian flatbreads. They are made on a flat top griddle or tawa. They are similar but there are subtle differences:

Paratha is a North Indian flatbread that may be stuffed or not. It is usually on the thicker side and may have several layers (8-10) that are well oiled with ghee.

Naan, which is made from white flour and leavened either with a starter or with yeast. It is traditionally made in a tandoor oven.

Bhaturas are fried versions of naans. They are eaten with chole.

There are basically 5 main types of bread that you can make (or buy) and these are roti, chapati, puri, paratha and naan. Within each main bread type there are lots of different variants. For example, plain naan, garlic naan and peshwari naan.

A roti is an unleavened bread. In other words, it does not use yeast or any other ingredient to try and get it to rise. The word roti tends to cover all unleavened breads, including chapati and paratha although, just to confuse matters, there is a specific bread called roti. Traditionally, roti is made from whole meal flour (called atta flour).

Chapati (also known as chapatti and chapathi) is very similar to a roti with the main differences being that chapati is thinner and is made from whole wheat flour (rather than whole meal flour that a roti is made from). Like roti, chapati is unleavened.

Puri (also known as poori) is very similar to chapati with the main difference being that puri is deep fried, rather than pan fried. Again, puri is unleavened.

Paratha is layered chapati that is lightly fried in ghee, or oil. As well as layers being chapati, the layers can just be stuffed with vegetables such as potato, cauliflower and paneer. Seeing that paratha is a form of chapati, a paratha is also unleavened.

Naan bread is leavened bread made with white flour. The bread is usually leavened with yeast and sometimes baking powder (or a combination of both). Naan is thicker than the unleavened breads. Roti, chapati, puri and paratha are traditionally made on a tava or in a pan whereas naan is made in a tandoor. A lot of naan recipes use a conventional oven to bake the naan, seeing that not many people have a tandoor in their homes.

And what are these breads used for? Well, paratha can be a snack or meal by itself, particularly if it is stuffed with vegetables. The other breads are eaten as accompaniments for dal and curry dishes where they are eaten as a side dish, used to scoop up the food or used to clean up the plate.

What is the difference between Chapati bread and Naan bread?
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Are raw foods a source of enzymes?

Are raw foods a source of enzymes?

Once in a while I get an email admonishing me for not emphasizing raw foods as a source of digestive enzymes. Often it is pointed out to me that if we all just ate more raw foods we would not need to take enzyme supplements. 

While I appreciate their input and passion about dietary concerns, I must take issue with their argument.

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Raw foods do contain enzymes. These enzymes are destroyed by cooking or processing. If you have ever canned or preserved foods, you know that it is essential to blanch or heat the food prior to canning. Otherwise the food will spoil. This is the primary function of enzymes found in fruits, vegetables, and meats as well. 

If you have ever purchased green bananas, you know that in a few days the bananas will turn yellow and taste sweeter. If you wait too long, however, you end up with a pile of brown, sticky goo that goes into the trash. 

Plant fruits contain enzymes in order that their seeds can be dispersed or sprout, using the remains of the fruit as cover or fuel for sprouting. Digestion, on the other hand, must be accomplished in a matter of hours, not days or weeks. 

If we relied solely on the enzymes in raw foods to accomplish digestion, we would be in very poor shape. 

Enzyme supplements are much more concentrated and contain many other enzymes as well. An enzyme found in a specific food is specific for the spoilage of that food. An enzyme supplement contains additional enzymes to breakdown any other foods consumed, raw or cooked.

I love raw foods. Sushi is one of my favorites and I like steaks on the rare side. I try to eat more raw veggies, too. However, I am careful with uncooked foods as the risk of bacterial contamination is higher than with properly cooked foods. Also, certain raw veggies bother my digestion.

So, I always make sure I take the appropriate enzyme supplement for the particular foods in my meal - my own enzymes, of course!  

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藥中農藥,誰可救藥?  
綠色和平最新檢測中港兩地 9 個城市共 65 個中藥材樣本,發現逾 74% 含有殘餘農藥,並驗出混合殘餘農藥、多種禁用農藥,以及遠超於歐盟標準的農藥殘留量,情況令人擔憂。問題癥結在於:

缺乏專業指引的藥農在種植源頭濫用農藥
大型中藥品牌在收購藥材過程中缺乏嚴格規管及監控
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香港政府監管機制嚴重落後,逾萬種中藥材中只有不足 2% 列入規管
全球有 40 億人曾使用中藥治療,世界市場有多達 7 成中藥材原材料來自中國,因此中國的中藥材殘餘農藥問題影響深遠。請立即登記緊貼最新進展,與我們攜手阻止中藥材繼續受到農藥污染。

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90%的西藥不能吃

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嚴浩秘方集

每年因為吃藥吃死的有多少人?根據統計,在人類的死因排行榜上,第一名是心臟病,第二名是癌症,第三名是腦中風,第四名誰也猜不到,是「藥物副作用」,不是濫藥、嗑藥,是吃正兒八經的藥吃死的


美國號稱是世界醫療最先進國,在1998年做的統計,每年有大約十萬個沒病沒痛的人死於藥物副作用,這實在是夠冤枉的。


是藥三分毒,這個道理,其實每個醫生都知道,甚至連藥廠都知道,很多西藥在瓶子上面標明是毒藥這是公開的秘密,但明知道是毒藥也要去吃,從這裏可以看到幾個方面的事實:


http://easss.com/health


1,西藥的選擇真的很少。2,藥廠成功地為主流社會洗了腦:「藥物是醫藥先進的表現,服用藥物是獲得健康的途徑」;即使是毒藥,也代表了醫藥的先進,基本上是一個掩耳盜鈴的局面


日本有一位頂尖腦神經外科名醫叫岡本裕醫師,他是一個明白人,他在所著的書中斷定:「90%的藥都不能吃」,這句話落地有聲,他明確地說:「藥物就是毒物!」又說:「我們醫生會開藥,但並不代表我們全面肯定藥物,說得好聽一點,開藥是以毒攻毒,這是非常危險的走鋼索行為,是不得已的處方。」岡本醫師認為任何藥物都只能短期服用,這是鐵的法則,也是「藥物唯一存在的意義」。


這個原則也適合在服用中藥,甚至服用補藥、營養補充品的人,有些中醫讓病人連續服用幾個月的藥,甚至是幾年的藥,結果病人又在老病上出現新的病。 (不同意 this paragraph, 中藥,營養補充品可以是完全沒有害。西藥本質上就不能沒有害,安慰劑除外。)

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