Saturday, January 8, 2011

THE LOVELY PARATHAS..

  A paratha also spelled as parantha, is an Indian flat-bread.   It is layers of cooked flour and sometimes stuffed with vegetables.     
  It is a flat bread that is  made from atta  also known as  wholewheat flour  and using  water a dough is made that is  rolled out and fried on a tawa  also known as a griddle. The paratha  is layered by rolling, folding and  rolling again and then basted with ghee during cooking until turn golden brown.

MAKE A VARIETY OF PARATHAS WHERE THE STUFFING INSIDE CHANGES, USE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR TO MAKE THE DOUGH AND ADDING SALT, OIL IS OPTIONAL.

MAKE TASTY SPINACH  PARATHA BY ADDING IN THE WHEAT FLOUR, SPINACH PUREE  THAT IS GROUND IN THE MIXER JAR ALONG WITH GREEN CHILLY AND A PIECE GINGER. ADDING  SALT AND MASALAS TO TASTE. 

ANOTHER VARIATION COULD BE ONION PARATHA, USING VERY FINELY CUT ONION WITH GREEN CHILLY AND SALT PLUS RED CHILLY POWDER AS STUFFING.

TIP FOR THE DAY: 
USE LEFT OVER COOKED RICE TO MAKE AMAZING FILLING FOR PARATHA.
JUST MASH THE COOKED RICE AND ADD SALT + RED CHILLY POWDER, A SUPERB STUFFING IS READY..
. You can add millet or Bengal gram  flour to make  the dough. You can also add methi to the dough. Mixing the dough with yogurt instead of water also makes a nice change. As suggested by Mina Joshi..

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