Culinary Experiments : Paratha Series , The healthy Bites - Palak Paratha with Onion Masala Stuffing Recipe

PALAK PARATHA

Come winter, and there is a surge in the hair fall. As a aftermath of it is when I attempt to include more leafy vegetables in my diet - to be very specific eat oodles of Palak every week. 😛

I try to prepare a variety of dishes - which would have the palak ingrained.

Goes without saying, my little patience always leads me to go for simple and quick to make dishes.😎

INGREDIENTS:

• 1/2 Palak bundle rinsed and chopped
• 1 Onion finely chopped
• 1 Chili finely chopped 
• Asafoetida
• 1/2 piece ginger
• Red chili powder
• Amchur powder
• Coriander powder
• Salt
• Ajwain seeds
• Oil
• Wheat flour

RECIPE:

In a blender, add the the chopped spinach leaves, the ginger chunk and a pinch of salt. 

Churn the ingredients to prepare a thick fine paste. You could choose to blanch the spinach leaves and then puree the leaves - but that's some work you ought to do there. 😁

To prepare the dough - 

In a bowl, take about 3 cups of wheat flour - to it add

1. Salt as per taste

2. Ajwain seeds

3. 1/2 tea spoon red chili powder

4. 2-3 table spoon oil - depending how your dough is coming out to be 

5. A pinch of asafoetida

6. 1/3 teaspoon of dhania powder

Mix all the ingredients evenly and kneed a soft dough. Set this aside for 15 minutes.

To prepare the filing -

In a bowl, add -

1. finely chopped onions

2. finely chopped chili

3. 1/2 tea spoon of amchur powder 

4. Salt as per taste

5. 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

Mix this well.

After the dough has rested for sufficient time - pull out small dough balls from the kneaded dough. And stuff them properly with the onion filling.

Now roll them beautifully and patiently to parathas.

Place the rolled parathas into a preheated tawa.

Serve it with a bowl of raita or achaar.

~Bon Appetite!!