Nature Kitchen: Parathas

My plan was to make a plain rotis for the dinner yesterday. But, I had some leftover boiled dal & finally made this delicious dal rotis which taste great with spicy and hot tomato chutney. Very healthy & protein rich rotis perfect for everyone.

Ingredients :

Whole wheat flour - 1 1/2 cup
Boiled toor dal - 1/4 cup
Chilly powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Dry mango powder - 1/2 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

Direction to cook :

1. Mix all the ingredients together and knead the dough with water. Keep aside for 1/2 hr.

2. Divide the dough into equal balls & roll them like disc shape. Cook them on preheated pan on either side until done.

Serve it with hot tomato chutney.

Parathas with some spicy curries are most popular street food in chennai. I make this layered parathas occasionally. For getting more layers, parathas should never stay dry. It should be coated with oil after rolling & while frying. Serving with hot & spicy curries makes it yum !!!

Ingredients :

All purpose flour (Maida) - 2 cups
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Oil
Salt to taste
Water to make dough

Direction to cook :

1. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, water & 1 tbsp of oil. Make a dough. Pour 1 more tbsp of oil over the dough & cover it with wet cloth for one hour in warm place.

2. Divide the dough into equal sized balls & roll into a round shape like a flat bread. Make the frills as shown below :

3. Then roll the entire stack from one end to other, lengthwise. Flatten between the palms of your hands, grease with some oil, then dip in some raw flour and roll it out again. Finish the paratha by rolling it into desired shape.