Introducing the Chipati.....a Michigan Street Food #SundayFunday

Whole Wheat Flatbread stuffed with a chopped vegetable salad with a tart spicy red sauce.

The Sunday Funday Gang are sharing Local Street Food Recipes......

I was stumped when Sneha of Sneha's Rec ipe invited us to share a local street food.  Here in Detroit we have Coney's and Pizzas that are some of the best around but I had already shared recipes for them.  

In Michigan we have lots of food of which we are proud but mostly they are brand names.  Better Made for Potato Chips, Vernors for Soda, Sanders for Candy.  We have wineries and breweries.  We have the iconic Pastie that could be considered a street food but, alas, I have shared that recipe with you too.  

So I did a google search for Michigan Street Foods and found this article from ABC Food America:

The chipati sandwich is an iconic Ann Arbor, Michigan, creation, developed in the late 1980s at the Pizza House. The sandwich is deceptively simple, with chopped vegetable salad in a warmed pita pocket, but it’s the house’s special tangy red sauce that makes it a standout. Metropolitan Detroit and Ann Arbor are home to a large Middle Eastern immigrant population, and the sandwich’s Middle Eastern influence is evident. Chipati is an Indian or Middle Eastern flatbread made with flax and wheat flours, not dissimilar to a pizza crust. The sauce’s tanginess, too, suggests Middle Eastern influence. There is some debate among University of Michigan students about whether the sandwich is most properly eaten by hand or with a fork. Chicken, turkey, and tuna can be used as ingredients as well.

I was so excited....I had no idea that this sandwich even existed.  I was even more thrilled when I saw that a recipe was included and it is an easy peasy recipe to boot.   

Before I share that recipe though, let's take a look at what street foods the other's enjoy......

• Chicago Tamale Dog (Mother-in-Law Sandwich) from Palatable Pastime
• Chipati from A Day in the Life on the Farm 
• Egyptian Kushari from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Pan-Fried Steamed Buns (Sheng Jian Bao) from Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Pav Bhaji Recipe from Mayuri's Jikoni
• Ragda Patties from Sneha’s Recipe





I used store bought whole wheat and flaxseed flatbread for my chipati.  I was serving this up as one of the  appetizers at a family dinner and wanted to save myself some time.  Then it was just a matter of spending a few minutes making the spicy dressing that I spread on the flatbread.





Add your vegetables of choice, roll it up like a burrito and it is ready to be carried away and eaten.  I cut mine in half and made a tray of them for folks to enjoy while dinner was being prepared.  They were a huge hit.





These make a wonderful complete meatless meal all in themselves but I chose to cut them and serve them as appetizers.  If you are serving them as a main course I would allow for 1 sandwich per person,







Appetizer, Entree, Vegetarian, Sandwich, Spicy, Street Food
Entree, Appetizer
American
Yield: 18 appetizer portions
Author: Wendy Klik

Chipati
Whole Wheat Flatbread stuffed with a chopped vegetable salad with a tart spicy red sauce.
Prep time: 10 MinTotal time: 10 Min
Ingredients
• 9 whole wheat and flaxseed flatbread
• 1 c. Miracle Whip
• 1/4 c. milk
• 1 T. cider vinegar
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 T. minced onion
• 1 handful parsley leaves
• 1 handful dill leave
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/4 c. hot sauce (more to taste, if desired)
• 1 head romaine lettuce, chopped
• 1/2 seedless cucumber, halved and sliced into half moons
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 1 red pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 c. shredded Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
1. Place the Miracle Whip, milk, vinegar, garlic, onion, parsley, dill, salt and pepper into a food processor and pulse until creamy.
2. Scoop into a bowl. Stir in the hot sauce. Taste and add salt, pepper and additional hot sauce, if needed. Set aside.
3. Toss together the lettuce, cucumber, pepper, tomatoes and cheese.
4. Spread some dressing onto a flatbread. Place some of the vegetable in the center of the flatbread and close up as you would a burrito. Cut in half and place onto a tray.
5. Repeat until all flatbread is used. Serve immediately with any remaining sauce on the side for people to add as they wish.
Notes
Adapted from a recipe found at ABC America.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
47.72
Fat (grams)
2.26 g
Sat. Fat (grams)
1 g
Carbs (grams)
5.19 g
Fiber (grams)
1.51 g
Net carbs
3.7 g
Sugar (grams)
2.94 g
Protein (grams)
2.33 g
Sodium (milligrams)
255.08 mg
Cholesterol (grams)
6.6 mg
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