IELTS speaking easy tips for exams section A

Talk about some local food, which is common in your country.

- What is it 

- How often do you have it

• India is a diverse country

• Food varies from the north to the south, and from east to west

• In north India, wheat is the staple food, whereas rice is the staple in the east and south.

• I would like to talk about the chapatti, which we have with almost every meal.

• Chapattis are made from dough made from wheat flour and water, which are kneaded with the knuckles of hand made into a fist, and then left for some time for the gluten in the dough to develop. This is called proving.

• After proving, the dough becomes softer and more pliable.

• Small portions of the dough are pinched off and made into round balls and then rolled out on a circular rolling board with a rolling pin.

• This rolled out dough is then cooked over a hot skillet or tava.

• The chapattis are often topped with butter or ghee.

• The chapatti is eaten with cooked green vegetables or dal or almost any thing.

• Apart from chapatti, many other flatbreads are made such as paratha, kulcha, puri and naan, based on cooking technique, texture and the use of different types of flours.

• The diameter and thickness of chapatti also can be varied .

• I eat the chapatti with atleast two meals of the day.

• My mother makes perfectly round chapattis.

• I am learning from her, but the perfect round shape is difficult for me to achieve.

• So, this is the local food, typical of some parts of India.