Recipes
Stuffed parathas
January 04, 2011
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Ingredients
- Dough as for chapattis
- Grated carrot
- Mashed potatoes
- Paneer (home-made cottage cheese)
- Ground coriander (to taste)
- Ground cloves (to taste)
- Ground cinnamon (to taste)
- Black pepper or fresh chilli (to taste)
- Fresh coriander leaves
- Fresh parsley leaves
- Salt
Directions
For Carrot Filling
- Add salt, black pepper or chopped chillies, ground coriander, cinnamon, ground cloves into the grated carrot.
- Sprinkle some chopped coriander and parsley leaves and mix the filling well.
For Mashed Potatoes Filling
- Add salt, black pepper or chopped chillies, ground coriander, cinnamon, ground cloves into the mashed potatoes
- Sprinkle some chopped coriander and parsley leaves and mix the filling well.
For Paneer Filling
- Add salt, black pepper or chopped chillies, ground coriander, cinnamon, ground cloves into the paneer
- Sprinkle some chopped coriander and parsley leaves and mix the filling well.
For Paratha Making
- Pinch a small ball from the dough. Roll the ball into a small thin disc shape using the rolling board and rolling pin.
- Brush 1tbs oil on the rolled dough and place a handful of filling in the middle and carefully fold the dough.
- Roll the filling dough again.
- Heat a frying pan and place the rolled dough and let it cook for few minutes.
- Add some oil around the dough whenever necessary. Make sure that you turn the paratha constantly until its cooked for about 5-6minutes (tip: using a spatula press the paratha for the oil to soaked in).
- Once cooked, remove the paratha from the pan and brush some ghee to both sides.
- Wrap the paratha in a napkin and store it in a special container.
- Follow the above steps for all the fillings (tip: cooking time is same for all the fillings).
