Popular Indian Meals Vegetarian Cooking Recipes – Parathas
Alu [Potato Stuffing] Parathas Cooking Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- Boiled 2 medium-sized mashed potatoes
- Salt (to taste]
- Red chilly powder half tsp
- Small onion finely chopped
- One green chilly finely chopped
- Green coriander finely chopped
- Kneaded atta
- Oil, a cup full, 2 tbs full of pure ghee in a separate container [optional]
COOKING METHOD
- Keep atta ready with dry atta alongside
- Add all dry ingredients to the mashed potatoes, mix well
- For one parantha, take 2 balls of atta, one smaller than the other
- Roll out the smaller one to a 3″ circle, keep aside
- Roll out the other one, bigger than the smaller one
- Grease the surface of the bigger one and put ¼ of the potato mixture into it and press it down
- Cover the part with the mixture with the smaller rolled roti
- Fold the edges which are around and press them down
- Lift the rolled roti and gently touch it with the dry atta. on both sides
- Re-roll them out more
- Heat tava, put the stuffed roti on the hot surface and low¬er the heat
- With a tsp grease the edges and shift the paratha around
- Turn over, grease the top well with oil
- Repeat process until golden brown.
Enjoy with Plain Curd.
Mooli [Rakish] Paratha Cooking Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- 2 Grated radish
- Salt a pinch
- 1 Green chilly finely chopped
- Ajwain (Caraway seeds) half a tsp
- Chopped green coriander, a few sprigs
COOKING METHOD
- Add salt to the grated radish and after few moments squeeze out the water from the radish
- Now add all the ingredients
- Mix well
- Same way as the alu parantha, make two balls and follow the same steps.
Gobi [Cauliflower] Paratha Cooking Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- Grated cauliflower 1 cup
- Salt 1 tsp
- Jeera ½ tsp
- Ajwain ½ tsp
- Red chilly pwd ¼ tsp
- Green chilly 1 chopped very finely
- Few stems of green coriander chopped finely
COOKING METHOD
- Add salt to the grated radish and after few moments squeeze out the water from the radish
- Now add all the ingredients
- Mix well
- Same way as the alu parantha, make two balls and follow the same steps.
Spinach Paratha Cooking Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- Kneaded atta
- Small bunch of spinach leaves well washed
- Salt
- Red chilly powder a pinch
- Oil 1 cup
COOKING METHOD
- Boil the spinach leaves in little water or saute them in a touch of butter or ghee
- Squeeze out the water properly
- Add salt and chilly powder and keep aside
- Roll out 2 rotis and follow same procedure, as the other stuffed parathas
- Never keep the flame high while making parathas.
Plain Paratha Cooking Recipe
INGREDIENTS
- Kneaded dough
- Oil or ghee ¼ cup
COOKING METHOD
As you know the way of going about making stuffed parathas this will be very simple
- Take a slightly larger ball of dough than for a chapatti
- Roll it out and grease the surface
- Fold the sides, you can make a triangle shape or a square
- Roll out to required size
- Heat tava and grease it slightly, put your rolled out paratha on it at low heat
- Grease well, turn over then cook till golden brown. Serve.