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CHUPATTY

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 324 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHUPATTY  , an Anglo-

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Indian
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term for an unleavened cake of
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bread . The word represents the Hindustani chapati, and is applied to the usual
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form of native bread, the
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staple
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food of upper
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India . The chupatty is generally made of coarse wheaten
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flour, patted
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flat with the
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hand, and baked upon a griddle . In the troubled times that preceded the
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mutiny of 1857 chupatties were circulated from
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village to village throughout India, apparently as a token of discontent .

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