no naked flames here though. Yours are nice and round as well…
That’s what I did, but even doing that I couldn’t get them to puff consistently.
The other thing that made a difference was holding the rack above the flame rather than having the flames touching the chalet 
which was charring them and making them fragile so they burst.
That’s what mine looked like tonight!
My paneer was fucking awesome as well
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Thanks but they’re not mine. Picture was to illustrate the technique. I hand pull mine but they are usually fairly round.
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Rolling pins are for pastry in my head 
These were massive hit with the kids, we hardly got any
Saag paneer and chapati, both using the whey from yesterdays paneer for the liquid 
also Gujarati warm carrot salad
Saved half the spinach sauce to do saag aloo tomorrow
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Fascinating thread on how the common narrative of how curry came to be is basically nonsense:
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And considering a lot of actual Indian cooking from most regions is vegetarian, that really doesn’t wash.
So simple but this is fucking beautiful and has become a firm favourite. Can’t track down the book that it’s from, not sure it’s available in english .
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he is a bit like the Jamie Oliver of India. 10s of books many in English
just Google “sanjeev kapoor recipe books” -
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Thanks. I have used other recipes of his in the past. Can’t say they’ve always stood out, but this black eye bean one is really great. It says “adapted from” so don’t know what they changed. I made further changes myself (blended half the tomatoes and chopped half).
Any reason you couldn’t use a tortilla press to make chapati?
i have often wondered that. We gave up on making chapati’s as too much effort.
I might try tonight, will let you know if it works. The kids love them, but it can be a pain making enough for everyone. I generally enjoy it though, it’s satisfying when they puff properly.
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They weren’t thin enough. Reverted to rolling pub after the first.
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could you press then roll or too much faff
Considered that but I didn’t think it would save much time or effort if any.
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Any true paneeronauts interested in my latest paneer production “innovation” ?
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Yes please 