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Women making chapati on earthen stove at the mass wedding in Tonk, Rajasthan, India. Chapati or roti is a traditional Indian bread made with stoneground wholemeal flour, traditionally known as atta flour and is generally cooked over firewood in rural India. Chulha is a traditional Indian cooking stove used for indoor cooking. Chulha is a U-shaped mud stove made from local clay. After the clay formation is complete, it is finished by covering it with a coat of clay and cow dung mixture. The thickness of the walls is not as important as the dimensions of the fire-side are. The front of the chulha has an apron. This apron helps hold the fuel to be burnt (usually wood, sticks, cow dung patties, straw, crop waste etc). Once the process of cooking is complete the apron holds the ashes, which are
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