Aloo Paratha

Parathas are one of my all time favourite. Along with curd and pickle they make a great breakfast/brunch on a relaxed weekend. Since my hubby loves aloo paratha the most I decided to post it first. For any good paratha the key is a smooth non sticky dough and good stuffing. If any one of them becomes gooey we wont be able to roll parathas properly. Personally I feel getting a perfect round shape is more tricky in case of aloo paratha compared to other stuffing (I am yet to master that art!). Let me share my version.

Aloo Paratha

Cuisine: Indian Category: Breakfast/dinner Difficulty level: Medium Prep Time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Servings: 2-3

Ingredients Wheat flour 1.5 Cup Salt 1/2 tsp Water 3/4 cup Ghee 1 tsp Rice flour 2 tbsp Butter/oil 2 tbsp For Stuffing Potato 2 big ones Green Chili 2 medium sized Salt 1/2 tsp Garam Masala 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves 2 Spring Jeera/Ajwain 1/2 tsp Preparation     1.     Pressure cook potatoes for 3-4 whistles. In the meantime prepare lets the dough. Chop green chilies and coriander leaves very finely.     2.     Add 1/2 teaspoon salt to the dough along with 1/2 cup water. Mix everything well and knead dough with fist by sprinkling water slowly.      3.     After kneading for few mins we will get smooth non sticky dough. Add ghee knead for another minute and cover the dough with moist cloth and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Method             1.     Peel skin of the boiled potatoes and mash them. Add salt, green chilies, coriander leaves, garam masala, jeera and mix well.       2.     Stuffing is ready. Now make equal sized ball out of them as well as the flour. Flatten the dough using hand (like we do for kozhukattai) and place stuffing inside and close it as shown.      3.     Another way of doing this is roll the dough slightly, place stuffing and close it as shown.      4.     Dust generously with rice flour and roll to an uniformly thick paratha. Place it on hot tawa.     5.     Once the paratha colour changes flip carefully and add butter. Ensure both sides are cooked nicely. Serve hot !!

Notes      ·         I prefer rice flour for dusting rotis as I feel it's more convenient . You can use wheat flour too.       ·         You can replace green chili with chili powder.       ·         The measure given makes 8 parathas.

Enjoy the delicious parathas !!