Thursday 3 April 2014

Aloo Paratha for breakfast

Our all time favorite Paratha. A simple breakfast with Aloo Paratha, butter and pickle. Yum, Do you know we make parthas out of many vegetables. Paratha are roti with some stuffing inside. Yes you have to add ghee for cooking parathas. 





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Aloo Paratha


For making dough
Atta/wheat flour - 2 cups
water - as required for kneading


Make fresh atta for making parathas. In a large bowl add atta and keep adding little by little water and knead a soft dough. Keep aside.

For the filling

Potato - 4
green chilly - 2
ginger - a piece
onion - 1
salt as required
oil - 2 tsp
jeera - 1/2 tsp


Ghee for frying parathas

Method of Preparation

Pressure cook aloo for 3 whistles, peel off potato and smash. Finely chop onion, green chilly and ginger.  In a pan pour oil add jeera and saute onion, green chilly and ginger. Now add smashed potato and turmeric powder. Mix extremely well, Gently smash the potatos so that no lumps are left. Add coriander leaves. Keep aside. if you wish you can divide and  make small even sized balls out of this masala. 


Make the atta also into even sized balls. Take one and roll it using rolling pin to a small puri sized roti, now stuff it with aloo balls. Make sure to cover the edges and make a small potli (money bag) Roll the parathas using little atta powder into a medium sized parathas. Make three to four parathas and keep the roti tawa on the stove. Adjust the heat. When its hot place one paratha at a time and cook both sides using a tsp of ghee. The roasted parathas will look like the photo attached! 






Enjoy you parathas with curd, butter and pickle. A tasty and nutritious breakfast. 




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