Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Coriander Parathas

Ingredients
2 -3 bunches coriander (wash and spread on paper towels, let dry completely.)
1 tsp. poppy seeds
1 tsp. sesame seeds
2 tbsp. minced onion.
1 tsp. very finely grated ginger
2 tsp. garam masala
1 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
Lemon juice and salt to taste
cooking oil
wheat flour

Method
Chop the coriander leaves very finely.
Lightly roast the sesame seeds and poppy seeds.
Mix together ingredients 2 to 9.
Knead a soft dough with wheat flour.
Prepare stuffed parathas as usual using the coriander mixture.
Roast on greased tava adding little oil.
Serve hot with yogurt or pickle.

Pudina Paratha

Ingredients:
Whole meal flour 250 gms.
Mint leaves 1 cup
Oil 3 tbsp.
Salt As per taste

Method:

1. Sieve flour.
2. Dry mint leaves on a hot griddle and then powder.
3. Mix flour, salt and mint powder, add water to make a semi hard dough.
4. Knead well, cover and keep aside for 10 minutes.
5. Divide into 8 equal portions,
6. Roll out each portion with a rolling pin to approximately six inch diameter.
7. Cook rolled portion (paratha) on a Tawa (griddle plate), on moderate heat for 3 minutes. Turn it and smear half a table
spoon of oil on paratha. Repeat the same on the other side.
8. Cook on low heat till golden brown. Serve hot with Dal Pakhtooni or curry
of your choice.

Dal Paratha

Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat flour
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
For the filling
1/2 cup Yellow moong dal
1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 pinch Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
2 tsp Oil
Salt To Taste
Oil As needed

Preparation:

* Sieve the wheat flour and knead to a soft dough by adding enough water. Keep aside.
* Soak moong dal for one hour. Wash and drain all the water.
* Cook the moong dal 1 cup of water.
* Heat oil in a pan, add the cumin seeds, asafoetida. Fry till they pop up. Add the cooked dal, salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and mix well.
* Cook until the dal mixture is dry. Let it cool.
* Take some portion of dough , make a small puri. Put some moong dal stuffing in center. Close from all sides and roll again into thick, round paratha.
* Heat a tawa ( griddle), put the daal ka paratha and cook on both sides by adding some oil.
* Serve daal paratha hot with curry.