How to evenly portion chapati dough?

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A major part of our diet is wheat chapatis/Indian bread.

After we knead the dough for our chapatis, what apparatus or mechanism can we use to ensure that the pieces we use for making individual chapattis are of exactly same size/shape/weight?



Best Answer

Even portions means same weight: a scale is the tool of choice here.

Bakers that want equal sized products just weigh the individual portions, then proceed from there.

The shaping / rolling of chapatis was already discussed in this Seasoned Advice post. Or you could use a press1 to shape them.

If you are thinking of a larger scale of production, there are hydraulic chapati presses1 or even (semi-)automatic machines1 on the market, that shape chapatis of the same thickness out of equal sized (= weighed!) portions.


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Quick Answer about "How to evenly portion chapati dough?"

10- Divide the dough into 12 equal parts, each weighing around 35 to 37 grams. 11- Start working with one ball, while keep the remaining dough balls covered with a damp cloth so that they don't dry out. Take one of the balls and press it between your fingers to make it smooth.

How do you roll chapati evenly?

A Good Way to Portion Dough for Rolls
  • Turn out dough onto counter and press gently into rough square of even thickness.
  • Using bench scraper, divide square into thirds with 2 horizontal cuts, stopping few inches from sides.
  • Pull cut ends of dough away from each other.
  • Keep pulling dough to form log of even width.


  • How should you portion your dough?

    As one chapati is roughly 50 gram, so I kg flour will make only 20 chapati.

    How many chapatis does 1kg of flour make?

    Here is how to make chapati dough We will be using 1 cup flour to 1/2 cup water (by volume). Put one cup of flour in a bowl. Add half a cup of water and mix with a spoon.



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    Answer 2

    When I'm trying to portion things evenly, I start dividing the sough into parts ... then smaller parts, etc.

    So, for the dough I would :

    1. make it into a ball
    2. try to cut it into two or four equal parts, depending on the size.
    3. roll each of those parts into a log / cylinder.
    4. cut each of those in half, thirds, or smaller portions if you're comfortable. (narrower logs are easier to portion into more parts; it's best to cut in half, then half (or thirds) again, etc.)
    5. repeat steps 3 & 4 until you have the desired number of portions.

    I typically don't do this all at once. I might start with a quarter of the dough and portion, shape, and cook it, then move onto the next quarter, so it doesn't dry out too much.

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