This pan, called a tava, is used for cooking chapattis which are
often eaten with curry. Chapattis are an Indian bread made with wheat flour and kneeded
into a dough called atta. Many people use the chapatti rather than a knife and fork to
pick up the curry and eat it.
The chapatti is flat and thin like a
pancake and is cooked in this pan without oil on a cooker or fire.
