Aloo paratha

Aloo paratha


Ingredients:
1.)Potatoes - 3 large(boiled)
2.)green chillies - 2(finely chopped)
3.)chili powder - 1/4 tsp
4.)garam masala - 1/2 tsp
5.)onion - 1/2 small(finely chopped)
6.)Wheat flour - 2cups
7.)salt to taste
8.) oil

Procedure:
Boil the potatoes and grates them(grating the boiled potatoes helps to simplify the mashing process and ensures that the potatoes are evenly mashed with no lumps). Take 1 tsp oil in a pan and fry onion and green chillies. Fry till the onion turn golden brown. To this add chili powder and gram masala and fry for a min and add this mixture to the grated potatoes. Add salt and mix all the ingredients to a smooth dough consistency.Now divide the potato mixture into six equal parts and roll into balls.

Take wheat flour and add 1 and 1/4 cup of water and knead the dough(quantity of water depends on the wheat flour u use, so add water little by little.). Make six balls of the dough. Roll each of the dough ball into a circle of 3 inch diameter.Now place the potato ball in the centre of it and make a dumpling. Make sure that the potato stuffing does not ooze out of the dumpling. Now roll out the dumpling carefully into a circle of 6 inch by making sure that the potato mixture does not come out.
Fry the rolled out roti's on a pan with little ghee or oil. Aloo paratha is ready to be served. This goes well with curd, raitha,tomato ketchup, or any curry.

Roti

Roti is generally served with a side dish, which is generally a curry or raitha.


Ingredients:
1.)Wheat flour - 2 cups
2.)water - 1 cup
3.)salt - pinch
4.) oil - 1/2 tbsp

Procedure:
Take wheat flour and salt and mix well. Now add water little by little and knead to a soft dough.(amount of water that goes to the dough depends on the wheat flour, so always little by little).The dough should be soft, with a little sticky consistency. Now oil ur hands and try to knead the dough. Add a little oil to the dough and knead well. If the dough is too sticky, add a little flour. The dough should be in a consistency , where u can roll out the dough with the rolling pin. Not divide the dough into 6 balls and roll each of then into 6 inch diameter circle.Fry the rolled out dough with little oil or ghee.
Roti is ready to be served. This goes well with any curry

Methi/fenugreek leaves roti/paratha

Roti is one dish which can be had everyday without getting bored,because of the many varieties that can be made with it.

Ingredients:

1.)Wheat flour - 3 cups

2.)methi/fenugreek leaves - 1 cup (I use everest kassori methi and soak it in hot water for some time before use.)

3.)Chili powder - 1 and 1/2 tsp

4.)Coriander powder - 1tsp

5.)Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

6.)onion - 1 medium

7.)oil - 1tbsp

8.)ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp

9.)cumin seeds - 1tsp

10.)salt

11.)sugar - pinch

Procedure:

Take oil in a pan, when it is hot add cumin seeds. When they start spluttering add onions and saute till they get translucent. At this stage add chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala and saute for a few mins(make sure the masala's do not burn). Then add ginger garlic paste and saute till the raw flavor leaves . Then add the methi leaves soaked in water, salt and sugar and mix well. Cook till methi is cooked well.Let is cool down.

Now mix dough and methi mixture into a soft dough. Now make into small balls and roll out into roti's with a rolling pin.Fry roti on tava/pan with with little oil/ghee .

This goes well with raitha, pickle, curd or curry.