Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Aloo paratha





INGREDIENTS: Makes around 12 medium sized parathas

1. Potato 3/4 kg - pressure cooked with rock salt ,peeled and mashed.
2.Garam masala - 1 tea spoon
3.Coriander leaves - few
4.Chilli powder - 1 tea spoon (according to spiciness needed)
5.Turmeric powder - 1/4 tea spoon
6.Onions finely chopped - 2 or 3
7.Giner garlic paste or shredded - half spoon
8.Wheat flour and salt - for paratha dough

METHOD:

1.Take a kadai and add 3 spoons of oil.Fry the finely cut onions and coriander leaves along with salt needed for the onions.Add the mashed potatoes and add garam masala,turmeric powder and chilli powder and mix well with the onions.Make sure the stove is in low flame.Once mixed well switch off the stove and make lemon sized balls and keep aside.
2.Make dough with the Wheat flour,water and salt.Prepare it like you make for chapatis.
3.Roll the dough to a chapati like the way you do normal roti. apply gingelly oil on one side of the chapati and keep one potato ball in the center. Now seal by pulling the edges of the rolled dough together to make a ball.
4.Now make a thick paratha out of this ball . Don't press it to a very thin paratha. Let it be thick .
5.Take a tawa and place the paratha. Keep the flame in medium always. Let it be for a minute. Turn it the other side and allow to be for half a minute.Don't add ghee or oil until both sides get cooked.After half cooked add ghee on both sides and allow it to be for few more minutes until done.
6.If the potato balls remain , u can create small patties out of them. Put it on a tawa and add oil surrounding it and fry it. Yummy patties are ready from the leftover!!!:)



2 comments:

  1. I hold the privilege of tasting this much acclaimed(Very popular among Gayathri’s Family and friends), tongue-tickling, yummy Aloo Parathas.
    About the write up -
    Very nice and neatly written. Lot many dishes to go. Kudos on your first write up. :) :)
    Hope lot many people follow you for this wonderful art that you do.

    Your Fan,
    Gershwin

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