Tuesday, July 27, 2010

ALOO PARATHA

INGREDIENTS
3 cups Whole wheat flour (atta)
3 medium boiled potato
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp chopped Green chilli
1 tsp ajwain
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
1/4 tsp Amchur (dry mango powder)
1/4 tsp Garam Masala
Salt to taste
Oil to fry

Direction:

1. Sieve flour with half a teaspoon of salt. Mix with 1 cup of water gradually and knead to make a smooth dough. Cover and keep aside for fifteen minutes.
2. Mash the potatoes. Mix potatoes, onions, ajwain,red chilli powder, green chilli, amchur,garam masala, chopped cilantro and salt.
3. Divide it into eight equal portions
4. Divide dough into eight equal portions and make pedas.
5. Take a peda and flatten it by pressing. roll it up little bit with the rolling pin.
6. Place potato mixture in the middle and bring all the edges of the roti together and make it into a peda. Seal the edges completely so that potato stuffing does not come out.
7. Flatten these pedas, sprinkle a little flour and roll them with a rolling pin to approximately six-inch diameter.
8. Heat a tawa, place parantha on it and cook on moderate heat for three minutes. Turn it and pour half a tablespoon of oil or butter, spread it on parantha and shallow fry over low heat. Turn it and again pour half a tablespoon of oil or butter on other side. Cook on low heat till golden brown.
9. Serve hot with fresh yogurt.

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