Cook's Hideout: Aloo Paratha

April 18, 2011

Aloo Paratha

I have nothing to boast about my roti making skills. I have to kick myself in the back for not even trying to watch and learn when my mom made rotis. I couldn’t even roll a roti (I’m not too confident even now, to be honest) until my husband taught me how to. He used to make rotis for us and slowly I started learning and making them on my own. Both of us are not big roti eaters and frankly during the week I don’t have time to make them. When my MIL visits us, she makes the rotis since I don’t want to embarrass myself with the outcome. I only have a couple of recipes that work well for me and with my limited skills I avoid any recipe that has any complicated instructions like stuffing, folding etc.

So when Valli announced that “Indian Breads” was one of the themes for4th blogging marathon, I decided to challenge myself and make 7 different types of Indian breads that I’ve never made before. For the next one week I’ll be posting my roti successes and mishaps as they occur in my kitchen. I found an excellent site by Yogi Gupta that has detailed recipes for a ton of Indian dishes along with a whole section on Indian breads. Most of my trials are from this website.

Aloo Paratha

As I mentioned earlier, I’m trying to make (and learn) 7 different types of Indian breads that involve stuffing, rolling, using different flours, leaveners etc. To start of my Blogging Marathon #4 (Group 3), I made this basic Aloo Paratha – Potato Stuffed Indian Bread. I was skeptical about filling oozing out and rotis turning into disks, but the end result were soft yummy parathas that were just perfect (for my standards).

What did I learn: Making Stuffed parathas is not Rocket Science.

Ingredients:
Atta (Chapati flour) – 3 cups
Salt – ½ tsp Ghee – 2tbsp (I used vegetable shortening instead)
Water – 1 cup (or as needed)

Filling:
Potatoes – 3-4 medium, boiled and mashed
Red chili powder – ½ tsp (or to taste)
Lime juice – 1tbsp
Ghee – 1tbsp (optional)
Salt – to taste

Aloo Paratha

Method
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  • Sift flour, salt and red chili powder. Add ghee and rub into the flour mixture until it forms crumbs. Add water and knead to make soft and smooth dough. Cover dough with a damp paper towel or plastic wrap for about an hour.
  • In the meantime, make the filling by mixing all the ingredients under “Filling”, this should have the consistency of dough. Divide the filling mixture into 8 equal parts.
  • Divide the dough into 8 equal parts.
  • Roll out the dough to about 4-5” diameter circle. Place the one of the filling part in the center. Pull the dough around the filling to cover and forms a ball. Gently flatten the dough ball with the fill and roll out carefully to form a 6” diameter circle.
  • Heat tawa and cook the paratha for about 1 minute; flip over and cook for another 1 minute. Brush some ghee/ oil on the top surface; flip and cook for another 1 minute. Brush the other side with ghee/ oil and cook for another 1 minute. So it takes about 4 minutes to make the paratha with each side cooked for 2 minutes each.
  • Remove on a clean kitchen towel, cover until all the parathas are made. Serve with yogurt and pickle.
Aloo Paratha

Lets see what my fellow marathoners BM#4 have been cooking up today.

Diabetes Diet/Management: Kamalika, Smitha, Suma
Kid Friendly Recipes: Anusha, Cool Lassi(e)
Seven Days of Soup: Priya Suresh
Seven Days of Indian Bread: Jayasree
Seven Days of Cakes:Priya Vasu
Seven Days of Preserves: Gayathri Kumar, Vaishali
30 Minutes Meals: Priya Mahadevan, Srivalli
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15 comments:

  1. That's simply wonderful Pavani the way you wanted to take up this challenge. Kudos! I am sure this aloo paratha was yummy! I am so glad you joined us and I am looking forward to your next creations.

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  2. want that bite size that you hold in your hand!! super yummy!!!

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  3. my favorite!....I can have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner! :)
    Nice to join the marathon with u!
    Smitha
    Smitha's Spicy Flavors

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  4. Yeah- I used to dread stuffed parathas too- I remember my first attempt at making gobhi parathas was a total disaster lol..now I just love making n eating them :) kudos on taking the challenge and a wonderful job with the evergreen aloo parathas .

    US Masala

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  5. Hey, you have got decent looking parathas. It looks soft too. Looking forward to your series of flat breads.

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  6. Its so tempting .. the shot with a little dahi in it .. looks awesome

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  7. wow yummy looking parathas..love it with pickle and curd. lovely snaps

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  8. My fav parathas, love it anytime..super tempting!

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  9. One of the easiest recipes that can be prepared for a breakfast or lunch or dinner is a stuffed paratha. They are very filling and are a hit with my family. Paratha stuffed with Aloo curry is the easiest of stuffed parathas. Chapathi dough stuffed with spiced mashed potates (aloo) and cooked on a hot tawa with butter or ghee with simple daal or homemade curd makes an excellent breakfast, brunch and dinner in my home.
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  10. Aloo Paratha and Mango Pickle, mmm!!!! can go on and on!! Yummylicious!!!

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  11. Wonderful delicious and filling paratha! Happy to be running BM#4 with you~

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  12. It seems from the image that your parathas were a success. I am waiting here to see what you come up with next. :)

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  13. I think they look perfect!

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  14. It came out perfect and yummy...

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