Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Chapati or Roti is a popular traditional food in the Indian diet. Its preparation method is cumbersome and unhygienic. The dough prepared by kneading the whole-wheat flour is cut into balls and hand-rolled using pin and plate. The dough sheet thus obtained is baked and allowed to puff. The major drawback of this manual process is the rolling capacity which can produce only about 100 chapatis / hour. Simultaneous serving to a large number of people is a limiting factor. Considering these drawbacks and to overcome various problems, CFTRI has designed and developed a continuous chapati making machine which can cater to the large requirement of chapatis in a short span of time