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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Aloo Paratha


For about 6-7 parathas

Ingredients:For the stuffing

  1. Potatoes - 4 medium sized 
  2. Green chilies - 2 (chop into tiny pieces)
  3. Red chili powder - 1 tsp
  4. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
  5. Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
  6. Garam masala - 1/2  tsp
  7.  Salt - to taste
  8. Fresh coriander leaves - handful (chop finely)
For the dough
  1. Atta (whole wheat flour) - 6-7 scoops with a ladle
  2. Water
  3. Oil - 1 table spoon
  4. Salt - to taste

Method:
To prepare the dough
  1. Take the atta in a large mixing bowl. 
  2. Add salt and oil.
  3. Use required amount of water to knead into soft dough
To prepare the stuffing
  1. Pressure cook the potatoes for 3 whistles, peal the skin and mash it in a pan.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
  3. Make lemon sized balls from this mixture.
To prepare the parathas
  1. Take some dough on your hand and make it into a round ball.
  2. Roll the dough into a small round shape.
  3. Keep the stuffing in the middle of the dough and seal it.
  4. Roll this out into a bigger round shape.
  5. Cook the paratha on a hot tawa. Spread some oil on top of the paratha and flip it. 
  6. Cook till you see spots of golden brown on the paratha.
  7. Repeat the process for all the dough.
  8. Serve hot with mint/coriander and/or any raita or pickle.



1 comment:

  1. I love this Aloo paratha recipe. Aloo Paratha are my favorite and I love to try different parathas. This paratha recipe is refreshingly new. I am going to try

    this.Can't wait to try it.thank you for shearing your post. Regards, Aalo Paratha

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