What is correct? "Chapati cooking" or "Chapati Burning"?

[kak.mca]

Hi All,
I had some debate with my colleagues and each were telling their individual opinions.

The cotnext was: WHAT IS CORRECT? "CHAPATI COOKING" OR "CHAPATI BURNING"?

At last, I thought to put this doubt in this forum.

I told that "CHAPATI BURNING" is right. Some others were telling "CHAPATI COOKING" is right?

What is the correct one?

Regards,
Ashok Kumar.

[Whifflingpin]

Maybe -

If you wanted to eat the chapatti, you would cook it. If the term "cook" is too broad, then you could be more precise and say "griddle" - "a griddle" is the flat pan that the chapatti is cooked on, and "to griddle" is to cook using a griddle.

If you burnt the chapatti it would have been cooked for too long and would be black and possibly unfit to eat.

If you wanted to send a chapatti round the countryside to raise a rebellion, as in 1857, then maybe a burnt chapatti would mean that action was overdue.

[Scheherazade]

I wasn't aware that "griddle" also had a noun form, "to griddle".

"Burning" does have a negative connotation but "to griddle" does not exactly sound right to my ESOL ear either so I'd say cook your chapatis!

PS: Was sending chapatis to encourage rebellion a common practice in those days?

[Whifflingpin]

My dictionaries agree with you, Scher, but I'd say that "Griddle your chupatties for two minutes" is a clear instruction and more helpful than "cook your chapatis for two minutes." Not to be used in ESOL exams, maybe.

The sending out of chapatis just before the outbreak in 1857 of the Great Rebellion (or whatever we are supposed to call it these days) was possibly a unique event, mysterious in its origin and meaning to Indians and British alike. It had the effect of filling the country with mingled fear, unease, excitement and anticipation.

[Scheherazade]

"Cook the chapatis on a griddle for two minutes"? Is that too cumbersome? That is probably what I would say.

Interesting information about the rebellion. Thank you.

Does anyone else feel like chapatis right now? :p

[Whifflingpin]

"Is that too cumbersome?" It's OK, as long as I'm not paying for the telegram.
Either way, for the OP, we both agree on "cook" rather than "burn."