Today I have a restaurant style Mughlai paratha, it sounds pretty fancy and exotic, but it doesn’t need any special ingredients except for some yogurt and cream cheese. Recipe courtesy India curry and I followed it pretty much to the T.
What did I learn: Restaurant style Parathas CAN BE MADE AT HOME.
Ingredients:
Atta (Chapati Flour) – 1 cup
All purpose Flour – 2 cups
Salt – 1tsp
Ghee – 1½ tbsp
Cilantro – ¼ cup, finely chopped
Yogurt – ¾ cup
Atta (Chapati Flour) – 1 cup
All purpose Flour – 2 cups
Salt – 1tsp
Ghee – 1½ tbsp
Cilantro – ¼ cup, finely chopped
Yogurt – ¾ cup
Cream cheese – ¾ cup, softened (I used whipped cream cheese which doesn’t have to be softened since it’s already whipped)
- Sift atta, all purpose flour and salt.
- Add ghee and rub into the flour and mix until it resembles crumbs.
- Add cilantro and mix well.
- Blend yogurt and cream cheese into a smooth past and add to the flour mixture.
- Add water as needed and mix to form smooth dough. Knead for at least 5 minutes. I used my stand mixer to knead and it came out perfect.
- Cover the dough with damp paper towel or kitchen towel and rest for about 1 hour.
- Divide the dough into 8-10 equal parts.
- Roll each dough into 6” round or oval discs and cook them on hot skillet (tawa) until brown spots are formed on both sides, brush with ghee while cooking if desired.
Serve with your favorite restaurant style curry. I served paneer kofta curry and simple peas pulao on the side to make a truly restaurant style dinner.
Lets see what my fellow marathoners BM#4 have been cooking up today.
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wow! never used cream cheese in chapati flour. interesting..
ReplyDeleteArey wah! The entire thali looks delectable and plenty tempting!!!!
ReplyDeletetempting paratha!....just pass me the paratha with that curry...my dinner will be all set!
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All the dishes look delectable as Priya said. The parathas look so soft and you don't need any more BMs to perfect your rotis I guess. :)
ReplyDeleteThe addition of cream cheese in a paratha? Its totally new. I didn't know one can do that..lovely designer paratha.. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for you sweet comments Pavani, To answer your question, I just like to think outside the box and explore and push the limits - heck I have no boss telling me what I should work on and worst case scenario, it's an experiment gone bad (believe me I've had a few of those) and brush that aside and move on to the next brainwave - :))
ReplyDeletewud love to visit this interesting restaurant...lovely food served here....
ReplyDeletewow pavani for all you said you are making parathas as a pro...the entire set up looks very inviting and pleasing ..love that koftas too..I agree with Suma..:)
ReplyDeleteVery inviting and delicious paratha, would love to finish that whole platter..
ReplyDeleteParatha looks so nice. The combo is making me very hungry..
ReplyDeleteVery nice recipe.. looks perfect.. thanks for sharing !!
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Adding cream cheese is new to me.Must make the parathas very soft.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea, never used cream cheese for making rotis. Lovely work, very tempting pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe entire platter looks mouthwatering...Truly restaurant style recreated at home.
ReplyDeleteVery tempting platter!!!! Paratha's look very very soft!!!!
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