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Lauki Paratha (Quick & Healthy)

May 16, 2020 by maria 10 Comments

Easy Lauki Paratha recipe – made with fresh bottle-gourd (lauki), spices and whole wheat flour. This is simple yet healthy, flavorful also an ideal snack for lunch box or breakfast.

Lauki Paratha (Quick & Healthy)

I usually make lauki paratha for my husband snack box. Club them along chutney, sauce or dry  garlic chutney and you are set. Otherwise it’s a big fuss to make them eat bottlegourd, fenugreek leaves or spinach. This is the best way to club veggies in parathas as they happily like them and eat them. As a wife or mother you also get the satisfaction of seeing them eating veggies. Guess this runs across all family where one specimen or example would always be there of not eating leafy veggies.  Hmmm so we keep coming up with novice ideas like these and so is is all women who run their household.

Similarly you could use pumpkin, cabbage etc in this recipe. Either you could make theplas or parathas. Theplas differ in the preparation as they also consist curd, gram flour etc. You could check methi thepla recipe here.

Blessed to be in India as one get to taste vivid food and different flavors. Even across all household’s many different regional cuisines are cooked. So feel luck to be born here to see and experience so many varieties of food.

Just take care while kneading the dough don’t add excess water. As bottlegourd will leave it’s own  moisture so adding water would make the dough sticky and non manageable.

Lauki Paratha Recipe (4)

Let’s make lauki paratha recipe step by step:

  1. Rinse the bottlegourd and wipe with a cloth. Peel the bottle-gourd. Grate the bottle-gourd and place aside for 5-10 mins. As they would start leaving moisture.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

2. Combine whole wheat flour, spices, ginger, chilies and salt.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

3. Add grated bottle-gourd.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

4. Start kneading the dough and there is no need to add water. As the moisture of bottle-gourd is enough for the dough. Place aside for 5 mins. If they look sticky then add some more flour.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

5. Shape into small balls.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

6. You could roll them with a pin roller by dusting some flour. Alternatively you could shape them round with the help of your hand or finger.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

7. Place the parathas on hot pan or iron pan.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

8. After 30 secs flip them and cook other side on medium to high heat.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

9. Once you start seeing the brown spec or dots.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

10. Smear some drops of ghee over the edges.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

11. I generally press with a cloth or masher so the sides cook evenly.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

12. Once they cook and appear golden brown from both sides. Remove and place them in a casserole.

Lauki Paratha Recipe

13. Repeat the same with the rest of dough. Serve your lauki parathas hot with chutney, pickle, salad or curd.

Lauki Paratha Recipe (1)

 

If you are looking for more parathas then do check aloo paratha, sprouts paratha,  chocolate paratha, cabbage paratha, palak laccha paratha, chicken keema paratha and palak paneer paratha.

Lauki Paratha Recipe and the printable version below:

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Lauki Paratha Recipe, How to make Lauki Paratha Recipe | Dudhi or Bottlegourd Paratha Recipe
 
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Prep time
15 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Easy Lauki Paratha recipe - made with fresh bottle-gourd (lauki), spices and whole wheat flour.
Author: Maria@flavorsofmumbai.com
Recipe type: Snack, Vegetarian
RecipeCuisine: Indian, North Indian
Serves: 4-5
recipeIngredient (used american measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml)
  • ghee or oil as required
  • 2 cup grated bottlegourd
  • 2 cup whole wheat flour
  • 2-3 green chilies chopped finely
  • 1 tbsp grated or finely chopped ginger
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
  • 1 tsp amchur powder
  • salt as required
How to make the recipe?
  1. Peel the bottle-gourd.
  2. Grate the bottle-gourd and place aside for 5-10 mins. As they would start leaving moisture.
  3. Combine whole wheat flour, spices, ginger, chilies and salt.
  4. Add grated bottle-gourd.
  5. Start kneading the dough and there is no need to add water. As the moisture of bottle-gourd is enough for the dough. Place aside for 5 mins. If they look sticky then add some more flour.
  6. Shape into small balls.
  7. You could roll them with a pin roller by dusting some flour. Alternatively you could shape them round with the help of your hand or finger.
  8. Place the parathas on hot pan or iron pan.
  9. After 30 secs flip them and cook other side on medium to high heat.
  10. Once you start seeing the brown spec or dots.
  11. Smear some drops of ghee over the edges.
  12. I generally press with a cloth or masher so the sides cook evenly.
  13. Once they cook and appear golden brown from both sides. Remove and place them in a casserole.
  14. Repeat the same with the rest of dough. Serve your lauki parathas hot with chutney, pickle, salad or curd.
Notes
1. Always cook parathas over high heat for the crunch effect.
2. Alter spices as per your preference.
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Comments

  1. Divya says

    February 13, 2019 at 6:56 am

    Loved it! Perfect for a snowy day!

    Reply
    • maria says

      February 21, 2019 at 10:14 pm

      Thanks Divya yes its perfect for cold weather 🙂

      Reply
  2. Amy says

    January 11, 2017 at 5:27 pm

    Dear Maria,

    Tried out the parathas. My kids loved it. Thanks..

    Reply
    • maria says

      January 12, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Pleased to know this Amy you are welcome.

      Reply
  3. Chaya Ashtekar says

    June 17, 2016 at 1:51 am

    Hi Maria,

    Made them twice in two weeks now. They are delicious and healthy too. Makes for a nice lunchbox.

    Keep posting new recipes, love your blog and have bookmarked some recipes, will try all of them now i know that they are worth trying.

    Reply
    • maria says

      June 17, 2016 at 11:54 am

      Hi Chaya,

      Thankyou for your positive feedback, yes lauki paratha is quite healthy. Surely would keep posting new recipes and do share your views with us 🙂

      Reply
  4. sunita sil says

    May 30, 2016 at 12:54 pm

    hi maria

    how yu doing,yestrday i wanted to cook smthng wid lauki and browsing thru yr blog i got this and voila within some time i had put up a lovely tasty dish,it came out good and added some achar masala, it was tasty and c my mouth still watering, i made yr amritsar chole wid ths, was a superb sunday breakfast,

    thanks so much dear

    lv and tk cre

    sunita

    Reply
    • maria says

      May 30, 2016 at 1:18 pm

      Pleased to know this Sunita 🙂 glad you liked the lauki paratha and amritsari chole also. Thankyou for your kind words love and hugs, Maria

      Reply
  5. Meenakshi says

    April 3, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    very healthy snack make the very often for my kids but writing now thanks.

    Reply
    • maria says

      April 3, 2016 at 5:45 pm

      Thankyou Meenakshi glad you liked the lauki paratha recipe 🙂

      Reply

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