ALU PARANTHA / ALOO PARATHA /STUFFED PARANTHA
Just to Share with you…..
After I met my friend Maitri I got chance to eat and learn many North Indian Items. She used to make north Indian items really really good. If she makes stuffed paratha all will be like as though she has made using mould. I mean the size and thickness remains same for all. She used to make like chappathi and keep stuffing in the centre and roll back into round shape the she will start pressing that to make like chappathi’s. I tried many times but my fillings always came out and the edges won’t be that good, so I started making one small chappathi then used to keep the stuffing then close that with another chappathi then pull out the edges properly and press it to get paratha’s done properly. Now my paratha’s look likes her parathas but rolling done in a indirect way.
This will be a good recipe to pack if you are going on a picnic ,or you are packing your kids tiffin box.No need to pack curries seperately. Kids usually don’t eat properly so we have to make stuffs simple fo them and also they should get everything. So this kind of stuffed chapatti’s(stuffing could be mashed potato, grated cauliflower -gobi paratha, grinded peas -mutter paratha or even mixed vegetables too). You Kid will really enjoy this stuff.
While making stuffing for kid, just fry any one of the above vegetable with little salt and pinch of chilli powder and make thestuffing ready.
For Paratha
1. Wheat flour – 2 cups
2. Curd(optional)- 2 tsp
3. salt little
For stuffing
1.Potato /Alu – 2 ( medium size)
2. Onion – 1 small size
3. Jeera – 1 tsp
4. Garam masala -1/2 tsp
5. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
6. Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
7. Corriander powder -1/2 tsp
8. Oil ,curry leaves and salt as needed
Stuffing Preparation
1. Boil the potatoes ,peel the skin and mash it well.
2. Heat one tsp of oil in kadai and saute jeera
3. Then add cutted curry leaves and finely chopped onions
4. Add Garam masala,turmeric powder,chilli powder and corriander powder and mashed potatoes and mix all together well.
5. Fry for 5 mins and keep aside this stuffing
Paratha Preparation
1.Mix wheat flour,salt ,curd and water and make a dough like chappathi dough consistency. Don’t make the dough rough and tough.
Step 1:
Take little dough make a small ball press and make small chappathi and keep enough stuffing on the top of it.
Step 2:
Close it with another small chappathi.
Step 3:
Pull both chappathi’s edges together wherver needed and press with your palm so that it looks like one chappathi.Then press it with roller to make desired size chappathi.while pressing start from the middle and press slowly by rolling so that stuffing spreads equally in all the places.
Step 4:
Heat the tava and put the paratha on the tava cook till both sides are golden brown by flipping the both sides.
Step 5:
Serve your paratha with hot pickle.
