Aloo Paratha Recipe

Yields 8 medium sized parathas

Ingredients

To make stuffing

• Small sized potatoes -8 (or 4 medium sized potatoes)

• 1 tbsp of kasoori methi
• 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
• Some mint leaves (finely chopped)
• 1 tsp of ginger paste
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp of cumin powder
• ¼ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp of pomegranate seeds powder or anardana powder
• Salt to taste

To make dough

• Wheat flour / chapati flour – 1 and ½ cups
• Carom seeds / ajwain – 1 tsp
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Salt to taste

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Aloo paratha recipe with step-wise pictures

• Pressures cook the potatoes. Once cooked, let them cool down a little bit.
• To make dough, take flour in a bowl.

• Add salt, carom seeds or ajwain, 2 tsp of oil. Mix well.
• Add little water at a time and knead it to soft dough.

• Apply few drops of oil and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

• To make stuffing, peel the potatoes.

• Also chop the green chili and some mint leaves.

• Add everything mentioned under ‘To make Stuffing’ ingredients list into the potatoes.

• With the help of potato masher mash everything together really well. 

• Make sure there are no big chunks of potatoes.

• Make 8 equal sized balls of the dough and stuffing.

• Take one ball of the dough and roll it like a small roti. Then place stuffing and fold the edges.

• Gather the folded edges at the center and seal.

• Dip it flour and again roll gently and evenly from all the sides.

• Place it on a hot pan and roast it nicely until some brown dots appear on both the sides. 

• Apply little bit oil or you may use ghee or clarified butter. 

• Serve it hot with plain yogurt and any pickle. 

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