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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Aloo Paratha (Stuffed Indian Flat Bread)

For dough:

Ingredients:

2 cups Wheat flour
3/4 cup Water
2tsp Oil
1/4tsp Salt

How to:
  • In a large bowl, mix in the flour and salt together, then add 1tsp oil, mix well, then pour the water and start kneading the dough with your hands. 

  • Add the remaining oil over the dough and knead for couple of mins. (The resulting dough should not be neither sticky nor very hard.)

  • Wrap the bowl and let the dough rest for 15-20 mins.

For stuffing:

Ingredients:

1 medium Potato (boiled)
2 green Chilli (finely minced)
1/2 Yellow onion (finely chopped)
2tsp Cilantro (chopped)
1 1/2tsp Ginger-Garlic paste
1/4tsp Chilli powder
1/2tsp Cumin powder
1/2tsp Chaat masala powder
1 1/2tsp Oil
Salt
How to:
  • Grate or mash the boiled potato and keep it aside.

  • Heat oil in a pan, add ginger-garlic paste and saute until raw smell disappears.

  • Then add onions and green chilli along with salt and saute until onions are slightly brown.

  • Add chilli powder, cumin powder and chaat masala powder, saute for a min, then add cilantro and cook for another min.

  • Reduce the flame, add the mashed potato, mix well with the masala and cook for a min.

  • Switch off, transfer the masala to a plate and let it cool.

How to roll:
  • Divide the dough into equal pieces, roll each of'em in between your palms and make lemon-size balls out of it.
  • Place the dough on a flat, flour-dusted surface and start flattening the dough around the edges.(Make sure its thick at the center and thin at the edges.)

  • Now place 2tsp of  the filling at the center and start grabbing the sides, bringing it together, seal it and twist the excess dough off.

  • Now, carefully flatten the masala filled dough with a rolling pin. Also make sure its rolled evenly.

  • Remove the excess flour, place it on a hot griddle and cook for a couple of mins.

  • Flip it, apply ghee or butter and cook until it browns evenly on both the sides. 

Transfer it to a plate and serve hot with any curry.




11 comments:

  1. really deliicous and very nicely explianed one.. Like to have this aloo paratha with curd n pickle awesome combo

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  2. parathas look soft n perfect..liked the idea of adding chat masala in the filling :)

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  3. Thanks PranisKitchen. Love the idea of curd and pickle as a side.

    Thanks Aipi. Adding Chaat masala gives nice flavor and taste. Do try sometime.

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  4. wow...wat a lovely presentation da...with amazing clicks...just u rock...!

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  5. hi nidhya ,
    aloo paratha looks sooooo tempting ...my favorite too ...i too love to add amchur pwd or chat masala to the paraths ...thanks for sharing

    Satya
    http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

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  6. Hi Nidhya,
    The aloo paratha looks absolutely Yummy!
    You have described it so beautifully too...in detail with the pics! thanks:)

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  7. Jay, Satya and Arti, Thanks a lot for your nice words.

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  8. looks too good and pics really help me to try this one

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  9. thank you for linking this delicious paratha

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