Aloo Paratha
Easy step-by-step recipe on how to make potato filled Indian flatbread. Check this simple recipe of Aloo Paratha - crispy on the outside with spiced potato-filling on the inside.
Ingredients
For the dough
- 2 cups Atta Indian whole wheat flour
- ¾ cups Water (plus a bit more if required)
- 1 ½ tbsp Oil for cooking optional
- ¼ tsp Ajwain or carom or caraway seeds
- ½ tsp Salt
For the Aloo or potato filling
- 4 Medium potatoes or 450 g
- 1-2 Green chili peppers finely chopped
- ½ tsp Cumin powder
- ¾ tsp Amchur powder or dry mango powder
- ¼ tsp Garam masala
- ½ tsp Kashmiri red chili powder or 1/4 tsp regular chili powder
- ½ tsp Salt or adjust to taste
- 3-4 tbsp Coriander or cilantro
Instructions
Prepping the dough
- In a large bowl, mix together atta, salt and ajwain (carom seeds). Add water, mix well and bring the dough together.
- Cover with a wet cloth and let the dough sit for about 30 minutes for the gluten structures to form.
Prepping the potato filling
- Bring a pot of water to boil, add the potatoes to it. Let it boil for about 8-10 minutes until a fork slides into the potatoes easily.
- Drain and let the potatoes cool.
- Once cool, peel the potatoes, add to a bowl and mash them with the help of a masher or your hands.
- Add the spices like garam masala, red chilli poweder amchur or mango powder, salt and coriander/cilantro to this and mix well until smooth.
- Now dust a work surface with flour, pinch out a lime-sized piece of the prepared dough and roll it between your hands.
- Press it on the work surface and flatten to about 7-8 cm (3 inches). Try the rotation method by lightly rotating and pressing it between your fingers and palm.
- Press this down on the work surface and with the help of extra flour, roll it out evenly into a round shape.
- Fill the flattened dough with a tablespoon of potato filling. Roll it further into a round roti-like shape, with the help of extra flour.
- Heat up a skillet and apply some oil on it. Place the rolled out paratha on the skillet.
- Cook it for a couple of minutes and flip. Cook until done both sides.
- Serve it hot with some plant-based yoghurt or raita.
Nutrition
Serving: 1parathaCalories: 170kcalCarbohydrates: 31.3gProtein: 4.9gFat: 2.4gSaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 289mgPotassium: 238mgFiber: 5.7gSugar: 1.9gCalcium: 21mgIron: 2mg
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