when I graduated from the university I was unemployed , so I started exploring cooking and world cuisine, and started learning more about types of bread and cheese etc. And there was a world of parathas to explore. but of all the types out there, aloo paratha stole my heart; it's a carb feast: bread filled with potato, perfect.
I personally don't like my potato filling to but overly spiced , for a more authentic paratha check the recipe from the source
Aloo Paratha Adapted from ( Manjula's Kitchen)
makes 6
Ingredients
[Dough:]
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup water
Pinch of salt
[Potato Filling]
2 medium potatoes, boiled
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
2 tablespoons chopped parsley or coriander
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
Directions:
Mix the flour and salt, and add the water bit by bit and mix until a soft dough is formed, knead it on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes, let it rest for 10 minutes
divide the dough and roll it into 6 golf sized balls and cover with a wet tea towel and again let it rest for 10 minutes while you prepare the filling.
for the filling, mush the potatoes with the salt, herbs and all the spices, and divide in 6 balls that are slightly larger that the dough balls.
now to make the bread, take one dough ball and flatten it a little with your hand and then place the filling ball in the middle and wrap it with the dough, try to cover the filling completely, roll it a bit. press it to form a disk and roll it with a rolling pin untill it's as thin as possible, the filling might poke out of the dough but it's a;right.
heat a frying pan, once it's hot enough (drops of water should sizzle) place the paratha and fry for few secons, once it starts to puff flip and press it to let the air out. prush it lightly with oil (or ghee) and flip while pressing the air pockets few times to get an even colored bread.
enjoy it with milk-tea
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup water
Pinch of salt
[Potato Filling]
2 medium potatoes, boiled
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
2 tablespoons chopped parsley or coriander
1/2 teaspoon garam masala
Directions:
Mix the flour and salt, and add the water bit by bit and mix until a soft dough is formed, knead it on a lightly floured surface for 5 minutes, let it rest for 10 minutes
divide the dough and roll it into 6 golf sized balls and cover with a wet tea towel and again let it rest for 10 minutes while you prepare the filling.
for the filling, mush the potatoes with the salt, herbs and all the spices, and divide in 6 balls that are slightly larger that the dough balls.
now to make the bread, take one dough ball and flatten it a little with your hand and then place the filling ball in the middle and wrap it with the dough, try to cover the filling completely, roll it a bit. press it to form a disk and roll it with a rolling pin untill it's as thin as possible, the filling might poke out of the dough but it's a;right.
heat a frying pan, once it's hot enough (drops of water should sizzle) place the paratha and fry for few secons, once it starts to puff flip and press it to let the air out. prush it lightly with oil (or ghee) and flip while pressing the air pockets few times to get an even colored bread.
enjoy it with milk-tea
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