ALOO PARATHA

 

 

Parathas are whole-wheat Indian flat bread. Parathas can be made plain or stuffed with many different fillings.

 

Ingredients:

 For Preparing Dough

• 3 Cups Wheat Flour

• 1/2 Tbsp Ajwain /Carom Seeds
 
• Small amount of salt to taste.

For Stuffing

•  2 Potatoes

• 1 Tbsp Coriander seeds

• 5 Pepper

• 1/2 Cumin seeds/Jeera

• 4-5 Green Chilly

• 1/2 Cup Coriander

• 1 Red Chilly Flakes

• Amchur Powder (Optional)

• Kasuri  Methi/Dry Fenugreek leaves(Optional)

Procedure

Dough

• Mix the wheat flour, ajwain seeds, small amount salt. 
• Add water till it becomes soft just as chapathi dough. 

• Keep it aside for 10-15 min

Stuffing

• Boil  the potatoes with water. Once water comes to a boil, reduce heat to medium. Let the potatoes cook until they are tender 

• Remove them from water and allow it to cool for sometime.

• Peel the skin off and mash the potatoes. 

• Roast the coriander, cumin, pepper till slight colour changes. and crush them all together to coarse powder using rolling pin or pestle.

• Mix the crushed powder, finely chopped green chilly, coriander ,red chilly  flakes, 1/2 tbsp  red chilly powder  for colour, amchur powder with mashed potatoes.

• Add salt according to your taste.

• I would also like to add kasuri methi it gives nice flavor.

 

 

• Divide the dough and potato mixture .The potato balls should be about 1 times larger than the dough balls.

• Roll the dough in 3inch diameter circle and place the stuffing and seal it and  make the ball.

• Heat the pan on medium flame.

• Roll the ball with small amount of dry wheat flour

• Press it with rolling  pin and   heat it  on both the sides  till colour change to golden brown.

• You can sprinkle some oil or butter on the paratha while roasting.

• Enjoy aloo paratha  with  curd or ketchup or any kind of chutney

 

 

 

Enjoy Aloo paratha  and leave your suggestion and comments are appreciated...:)