Tuesday, November 10, 2009

AALOO PAROTA



Ingredients:
1 cup - wheat flour
Salt as required
1 tsp - oil
Water as per requirement

Ingredient for preparing the stuffings:
4 - potatoes, boiled and smashed
2 - onions, finely chopped
3 - green chilli, finely chopped
1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
1/2 inch - ginger, cut into fine pieces
5 to 6 - garlic pods, smashed
Salt as per taste
1/2 tsp - jeera powder
1/2 tsp - garam masala
1/2 tsp - coriander powder
1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
Curry leaves, a handful, finely chopped
Coriander leaves, a handful, finely chopped
Pudhina, a handful, finely chopped
Ghee for frying
Butter if required


Method
First make a soft dough out of the wheat flour.
Apply some oil on the flour and keep it aside.
In the meanwhile, boil potatoes, and peel off the skin and smash fully without any lumps.
Add onion, spices, curry leaves and coriander leaves with the required salt and mix all the ingredients thoroughly .
Now take a lemon-sized ball of the dough and roll into a diameter of 5 inches,
Take lemon-sized quantity of the masala mix and place in the centre of the dough.
Make a round fold so that the mixture is intact inside the dough.
Now dust with some wheat flour and roll it carefully like a chappati taking care that the masala does not come out of the dough.
If the masala comes out just pat some more of the wheat flour on it and then roll
Roll to 15 inches diameter.
Put it on a pre-heated tawa and bake till golden brown.
Apply some ghee on both sides while baking.
See to it that it does not turn dark brown.
After removing from the tawa apply a little butter to the paratha.
Tasty paratha is ready

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