Simple Aloo Paratha
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
3-5 parathas
- Serves:
- 2
ingredients
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For the stuffing
- 3 medium sized potatoes, boiled and peeled
- one small onion, chopped into small pieces
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- salt, per taste
- 1 green chili, finely chopped (now the number of chillies really depends on how hot the chilli is)
- 1 small piece ginger, chopped finely or grated
- oil, for cooking the paratha and onions
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For the dough
- 1 cup wheat flour (roti flour)
- oil
- warm water
directions
- Use a ricer to mash the boiled potatoes. A ricer is best since it ensures no lumps. However, you could use a fork or a masher or your hands.
- To the boiled potato mash add garam masala, salt, chopped green chilli and ginger.
- In a pan, heat about 2 tablespoons of oil, add the chopped onions and cook until translucent.
- Add this to the potato mixture. Note: you could do this the other way around: so you could add the potato mixture to the cooked onions since it doesn't make a difference.
- Leave this aside and prepare the dough by first combining the flour and adding 1-2 teaspoons of oil. Mix together and then add enough warm water to form a soft dough.
- Take lemon sized balls of dough (little bit larger than for roti) and roll it out into a circle. In the centre of the circle add a large spoonful of the mixture.
- Now this is the slightly tricky bit. Close the circle like you would for a kachori (like a bag removing excess dough). I'm sorry this step is just a little difficult to explain :(.
- Cook on both sides applying oil around the sides and on top, on a tawa until brown.
- Can be served with yoghurt or any pickle.
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Well, I am not a professional cook but I learnt how to cook because I needed to. Most of that learning has come from trying and testing new recipes posted on recipezaar and from cookbooks.
I would like to share a few simple recipes which I've learnt and hope that you will find them tasty!
I am a vegetarian but that doesn't mean that you can't adapt any of the recipes to your needs.