Delicious Aloo Paratha Recipe

Name: Delicious Aloo Paratha Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cups Whole wheat flour; 1 tsp Ajwain/ carom seeds; 1 tsp or as per your own taste Salt; 1 tsp Oil; ¼ cup Whole wheat flour for dusting; 4 Potatoes, Medium sized, boiled; 4-5 Mild green chilli; 1 Onion, Medium sized; 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder; 1 tsp Chat Masala; 1 tsp Garam Masala; ½ tsp Amchur Powder; 2 tbsp Fresh Cilantro/ Dhaniya leaves; 1 1/4 tsp or as per your own taste Salt; 2-3 tbsp Ghee / Clarified butter; 1 tbsp Butter

Servings

6

Prep

20 min

Cook

15 min

Ingredients for the Garnishing/Roasting

Ghee / Clarified butter		2-3 tbsp
Butter		1 tbsp

Aloo paratha is an all time favorite in an punjabi household in india, but the rest of india is equally fond of it. So today I show you not only 1 or 2 ways but 6 ways how you can roll out the star of Indian cuisine – Aloo paratha or aloo da paratha

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Ingredients for the Aloo Paratha Dough

Whole wheat flour		2 cups
Ajwain/ carom seeds		1 tsp
Salt		1 tsp or as per your own taste
Oil		1 tsp
Whole wheat flour for dusting		¼ cup

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Ingredients for the Aloo Stuffing

Potatoes, Medium sized, boiled		4
Mild green chilli		4-5
Onion, Medium sized		1
Red Chilli Powder		1 tsp
Chat Masala		1 tsp
Garam Masala		1 tsp
Amchur Powder		½ tsp
Fresh Cilantro/ Dhaniya leaves		2 tbsp
Salt		1 1/4 tsp or as per your own taste

Prepping for the dough

In a large mixing bowl add, the wheat flour add salt, carom seeds and oil and mix well.
Now add water and knead the dough for five minutes.
One the dough is kneaded apply very little oil on the surface of the dough and cover and keep aside for half an hour.

Prepping for the Aloo Stuffing

Boil, peel and mash the potatoes well. Now add the ingredients in the list and mix well.
Make round balls out the stuffing.

Method for making the Aloo Paratha

Make six or seven equal sized dough balls.
Take one and cover the rest.
On a clean surface sprinkle some dry flour and using a rolling pin make a small puri size tortilla or roti.
Now take the prepared aloo stuffing ball and place in the center.
The the edge and start pleating bringing it to the center.
Press the pleats from the center.
Now take some more dry flour and sprinkle on it and roll to a chapati size.

Method for Posting the Aloo Paratha

On a hot griddle add ghee to the surface, and then add the rolled paratha, cook on low flame for a minutes or until you start seeing golden spots on the bottom side.
Now apply ghee on the top side and flip over.
Let the other side get cooked as well.
Finally, serve hot aloo paratha with a generous amount of butter and serve with raita or pickle or chutney.