Aloo paratha is an evergreen recipe that will never get bored of. Does anything with potato and paneer go wrong.This is very easy to make yet very filling and special. It can be had with just pickle or a simple raitha. Soft parathas with aloo filling and ghee drizzled over them, makes you crave for more eventhough the tummy says no no.
The basic thing to have in mind is to prepare the dough and the filling just right in a same consistency. Filling if slightly watery will make the rolling tough. If so then heat a pan and just cook them, it may help lose some water content. if the dough is watery then use more flour while rolling them into parathas. Even if the dough is hard then the filling will ooze out. once you know the nake of rolling them then it is easy breezy. All the stuffed parathas can be done with ease. This is the first stuffed paratha i learnt to make. Here goes my version of aloo paratha. The filling is upto your creativeness.
INGREDIENTS
For the filling:
3 medium sized potatoes cooked and mashed without lumps
1/2 tsp ajwain
1 tsp grated ginger (or finely chopped)
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
1 finely chopped green chilly (optional)
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp garam masala
salt to taste
ghee for brushing
For dough:
1.5 cups whole wheat flour
salt to taste
water to knead
1/2 tsp of ghee
Method:
1. Take the flour in a bowl, add salt and water, knead into a soft and pilable dough. Let the dough rest for sometime.
2. Pressure cook potatoes with turmeric and peel the skin, mash them without any lumps. Get ready with the ingredients for the filling
3. Mix mashed potatoes, grated ginger, ajwain, chopped coriander leaves, chilli powder and garam masala. Add salt as required.
4. Take lemon sized dough, dust it with flour and roll it out into a small disc. Place equal sized filling in the center. cover it with dough from the sides and secure it in the top.
5. Pat it flat slightly and dust it with required flour, roll them thin.
6. Hot on a hot tava and apply some ghee over it. stack them one over the other. Serve hot with mango achar, simple raitha or coconut chutney.
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