Traditionally making chapatti at home has been a long and arduous process. Getting all the dough to prepare and then to squeeze is pretty bad, but then having to spend more time enslaving yourself on a hot tava can be quite an unpleasant experience.
With a chapatti maker, you can forget about the worst pieces of cooking chapatti and just enjoy making the most complicated (but time-consuming) parts of your meal.
For an ideal chapatti maker at home, you need to find a device that can reach a temperature high enough to properly bake bread, without taking too long to do so and making sure the mixture cooks properly. It can be difficult to find affordable devices specifically intended for people who want to make chapatti. Fortunately, tortilla and quesadilla makers can work perfectly for this purpose.
The perfect machine for making chapatti will be the one that presses the dough down when you close the lid, so you don't have to waste time pressing the dough beforehand. Almost any machine that has been designed to handle flat bread should be able to do this, but it is always worth checking this feature before buying one.
Flatbread machines are designed to free up your time and at the same time allow you to make fresh and healthy bread for your family and friends. That's why it's important to make sure you buy a quality flatbread maker, so you really do it rather than end up working more for yourself.
Some of the lower end devices may not be able to reach a high enough temperature to properly cook a large chapatti, which will require you to finish baking in the oven. This can end up saving you time, so depending on your situation, it may be worth considering.
I ended up buying the Chef Pro Tortilla Maker to act as my chapatti maker, and while I was hoping to escape cooking chapatti only in the machine, I ended up having to finish them under the grill or on top. However, that can easily be done after pressing and precooking them in the machine, then when it comes to finishing them I just use any appliance I was already using to cook the rest of the food and it only takes a few minutes. In my experience it is definitely a real time saver and I am very glad that I did.
