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Tea and toasted pita bread (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapati

'bread' is the definition.
(I know that chapati is a type of flatbreads)

'tea and toasted pita' is the wordplay.
'tea' becomes 'cha' (cha is a type of tea).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'toasted' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'toast' mean this (toast can mean damaged or broken)).
'pita' anagrammed gives 'pati'.
'cha'+'pati'='CHAPATI'

(Other definitions for chapati that I've seen before include "Indian pancake" , "Unleavened bread of India" , "Unleavened bread of the subcontinent" , "Sort of bread" , "Indian food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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