Paneer Paratha is a type of stuffed Indian bread and is very popular in the Indian cuisine. Stuffed parathas can be made with several ingredients
like potatoes, methi, cauliflower, spinach etc.
Ingredients:
3 cups of wheat flour
1 cup of water
1 tbsp of oil
salt as required
Filling:
1 cup of shredded paneer
1 small piece of ginger
1/2 tsp of garam masala
1/2 tsp of red chilli powder
Handful of coriander leaves
Oil as required
Salt as required
Preparation:
1. Mix the wheat flour, salt, oil and add water. Knead well enough to make a dough. Keep aside for half an hour.
2. Blend the ingredients for the filling together.
3. Make lime sized balls out of the dough, add the filling to it. Roll it out.
4.
In a pan put little oil, fry the paratha on both the sides till it
turns golden brown. Serve hot fluffed paneer paratha with raitha or
pickle.
Stuffed bread are common in several cuisine as they offer the convenience of both the bread (carbs) and also the stuffing (usually proteins or vegetables) at the same time. In Indian cuisine stuffed parathas can be made with several ingredients like potatoes, cauliflower, spinach etc. In some versions, the stuffing is cooked separately while in others, the stuffing is cooked together with the bread. In this recipe you will find he example of the later method where the stuffing (methi/fenugreek leaves) is cooked together with the paratha. Try it and relish it!
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups of wheat flour
1/2 cup of besan/ gram flour
1 tbsp of oil
pinch of turmeric
1 tsp of ajwain seeds
1 tsp of red chilli powder
1 tsp of garam masala
1 cup of chopped methi leaves (Fenugreek leaves)
oil as required
salt as required
Preparation:
1.Mix the wheat flour, salt, besan, turmeric, ajwain, red chilli powder and garam masala.
2.Then add the chopped methi leaves, 1 tbsp of oil and add required amount of water. Knead well enough to make a soft dough. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
3.Make lime sized balls out of the dough. Roll it out using the rolling pin.
3.
In a pan put little oil, fry the paratha on both the sides till it
turns golden brown.
4.Serve hot fluffed methi paratha with raitha or
pickle.
Stuffed parathas are delicious as it is. There is no extra effort needed to make a side dish as paratha goes well with raitha/ pickle.
Ingredients:
3 cups of wheat flour
1 cup of water
1 tbsp of oil
salt as required
Filling:
3 boiled potatoes
1 finely chopped onion
1/2 tbsp of cumin powder
1 tsp of red chilli powder
1 tsp of chaat masala
handful of coriander leaves
Oil as required
salt as required
Preparation:
1.Mix the wheat flour, salt, oil and add water. Knead well enough to make a dough. Keep aside for half an hour.
2.Peel the potato skin and mash them. Add onion, finely chopped coriander leaves, red chilli powder, chaat masala, cumin powder and salt to the mashed potatoes. Mix well and the filling is ready. Make small balls of the filling.
3. Make lime sized balls out of the dough, add the filling to it. Roll it out.
4. In a pan put little oil, fry the paratha on both the sides till it turns golden brown. Serve hot fluffed aloo paratha with raitha or pickle.
