Aloo Paratha

Recipe by Cook's Hideout

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...

Ingredients

• 3 cups Atta ((Chapati flour))
• roasted chickpeas
• 2 tbsps ghee ((I used vegetable shortening instead))
• 1 cup water ((or as needed))
• 3 - 4 Potatoes (– medium, boiled and mashed)
• roasted chickpeas (Red (or to taste))
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 1 tbsp ghee ((optional))
• to taste Salt

Method

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Divide the dough into 8 equal parts.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Remove on a clean kitchen towel, cover until all the parathas are made. Serve with yogurt and pickle.

View the recipe instructions at Cook's Hideout