Friday 19 January 2018

Onion Paratha

Among different variety of paratha's, onion paratha is the most tastiest. I just love this tastiest paratha with curd and pickle.


Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 3 nos

Ingredients to prepare stuffing:

Onion - 2 nos (large)
Coriander - 1/2 cup (washed and chopped finely)
Kashmiri red chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
Chat masala - 1/2 teaspoon (optional)
Salt - to taste

Ingredients to prepare dough:

Wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Oil - 4 teaspoon
Warm Water - to make dough (50% measure of wheat flour)
Wheat flour - for dusting

Method:

To prepare dough:

1. In a wide bowl, add wheat flour, salt and oil / ghee and mix well.
2. Add luke warmwater little by little to the dough mixture so that dough gets evenly mixed. Prepare soft, smooth and pliable dough. Once the dough is ready, grease the hands with a teaspoon of oil and knead the dough. Cover and keep it aside for 20 mins minimum.

To prepare stuffing:

1. Peel onion skin and grate them finely.
2. Squeeze and remove water onion and set aside.



3. Add chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, chaat masala, salt and finely chopped coriander.



4. Mix well and make lemon size ball stuffing.

To Prepare Paratha:

1. Knead the dough again and equally divide the dough into 8 -9 large portions and make balls out of it.
2. Press and flatten single ball dough and dust flourish on both sides and roll out the dough to make small circle. Make sure, middle portion of the chapathi is thick and thin at corner.
3. Keep your stuffing ball in the centre, gather all the corners and seal the dough with stuffing inside. Press it down gently to flatten it.



4. Dust little flour on the sides and flatten it using hand. Gently roll out the flattened dough to 6-7 "circle.



5. Heat tawa with a teaspoon of butter and place the rolled out paratha on it.
6. When one side of paratha is done, flip it over other side and cook it well, until both sides turns golden brown.
7. Remove it from tawa and serve it with plain yogurt and mixed vegetable pickle.

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