Aloo Paratha Recipe, How to make Aloo Paratha Recipe | Parathas

Aloo Paratha are Indian flat bread. The parathas are then stuffed with mashed potatoes, spices and herbs. Punjabi Aloo Paratha recipe are yummy, delicious yet healthy. They are just perfect to eat during breakfast, meal time or dinner time. We make aloo parathas a lot of time home and club them with raita, pickle or a gravy based dish.

Punjabi Cuisine is rich in carbohydrates, great aroma, taste, flavor and quite healthy. Punjabi people are known to be full of life their food reflects their culture and behaviour. I am a great fan of Punjabi Food and I really binge on their Palak Paneer, Chole Bhature, Tandoori Chicken, Lassi and Parathas.

Talking about Parathas you can have any vegetable you like in Parathas like Aloo Ka Paratha, Paneer Paratha, Mooli Paratha, Methi Paratha, Plain Paratha and the list goes on. Whichever Paratha you eat without patting Makhan (butter) on it will not taste good. I prefer my Aloo Ka Paratha with ghee or butter and like to eat them when it’s hot.

The first dish which I cooked for the first time happens to be aloo paratha, tikki and sandwiches in my teens. Although I don’t come from a north indian background yet love their food and flavors. I was strongly feeling the urge of eating Parathas so I made Aloo Parathas and quite relished it for my breakfast.

Let’s make Aloo paratha recipe step by step:

1. Mix ghee or white butter in wheat flour. Combine all it should appear like bread crumbs.

2. Now add water, salt to form a dough similar to chapatti dough. Allow the dough to rest for 10 mins.

3. In the meanwhile mix all the ingredients into the mashed potatoes nicely. The mixture should look uniform.

4. Make medium sized balls of the dough.

5. Take the wheat flour balls flatten them with the roller or with your palms and add some of potato mixture.

6. Now cover the potato mixture with the wheat flour from all sides. Fold it from all sides and cover the potato mixture well. Repeat this with the rest.

7. Now take each ball, roll it in round discs around 3 inches with a roller. Dust some flour while rolling the balls.

8. Place an iron tawa / non stick pan over high heat. Splutter some ghee or butter and fry the parathas over high heat from both sides. Cook them from both sides with the help of a Spatula or cloth until it gives you tiny brown spots.

9. Serve aloo parathas with a dollop of butter along with chole, raita, pickle or vegetables.

You could check some more indian parathas like mixed sprout paratha, chocolate paratha, phool makhana roti, palak lachha paratha, chicken keema paratha, palak paneer paratha and multigrain roti.

Aloo paratha recipe card below:

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Aloo Paratha

 

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Prep time

35 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

55 mins

 

Aloo Paratha are Indian flat bread stuffed with mashed potatoes, spices and herbs. Punjabi Aloo Paratha are yummy, delicious yet healthy.

Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com

Recipe type: Breakfast, Main

RecipeCuisine: Indian

Serves: 6

recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)

For Dough:

• 3 cups wheat flour (I used organic whole wheat flour)
• 1.5 cup water
• 1.5 tbsp ghee or white butter
• salt as per taste

For stuffing:

• 4 boiled potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
• 1 medium sized onion chopped finely (optional)
• 1 tbsp red chili powder
• 1 t/s garam masala powder
• 1 t/s roasted cumin powder
• 1.5 t/s dry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)
• ¼ th cup chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp chat masala
• ½ t/s dry raw mango powder (amchur powder)
• 1 inch finely chopped ginger
• 2 tbsp ghee or butter + 2 tbsp more for frying parathas
• ½ cup water
• salt as per taste

How to make the recipe?

1. Mix ghee or white butter in wheat flour. Combine all it should appear like bread crumbs.
2. Now add water, salt to form a dough similar to chapatti dough. Allow the dough to rest for 10 mins.
3. In the meanwhile mix all the ingredients into the mashed potatoes nicely. The mixture should look uniform.
4. Make medium sized balls of the dough.
5. Take the wheat flour balls flatten them with the roller or with your palms and add some of potato mixture.
6. Now cover the potato mixture with the wheat flour from all sides. Fold it from all sides and cover the potato mixture well. Repeat this with the rest. Ensure you seal the edges properly.
7. Now take each ball, roll it in round discs around 3 inches with a roller. Dust some flour while rolling the balls.
8. Place an iron tawa / non stick pan over high heat. Splutter some ghee or butter and fry the parathas over high heat from both sides. Cook them from both sides with the help of a Spatula or cloth until it gives you tiny brown spots.
9. Serve aloo parathas with a dollop of butter along with chole, raita, pickle or vegetables.

Notes

1. It's important to fry the parathas over high heat along with ghee/ oil or butter.
2. For variation you could add a dash of pav bhaji masala and anardana powder.
3. If you don't have kasuri methi then just skip it.
4. Also if amchur isn't available use lime juice instead.

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