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How to Make Aloo Paratha - With Step by Step Pictures
Author
Puja
Ingredients
To make dough
Wheat Flour - 2 Cup
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Water - as per required
Oil - 2 teaspoon
To make stuffing
Potatoes - 4-5 medium sized
Onion - 1
finely chopped
Green Chilli - 1/2 teaspoon
finely chopped
Garam masala powder - 1 teaspoon
optional
Chilli Powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Coriander leaves - 1 teaspoon
finely chopped
Ginger-garlic paste - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt - as per the taste
Extras
Whole-wheat flour for rolling - 1/4 cup
Oil - to cook
Instructions
Method to make stuffing
Boil potatoes until tender.
Once cooked, drain the water and let the potatoes cool down.
Once the potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel and mash them.
Add onion,green chilies, garam masala powder, chilli powder, coriander leaves, ginger-garlic paste and salt. Mix well and set aside.
Method for mixing dough
In a wide bowl, add wheat flour, salt, oil and knead the wheat flour with water to a smooth dough. Cover and let the dough rest at least ten minutes.
Divide the dough into equal parts and make balls out of it.
Method to make paratha
Take a atta dough ball.
Using the palm and your fingers press and spread the dough into a small round shaped puri.
Keep a tbsp of stuffing in the center, gather all the corners and seal the dough with the stuffing inside. Press it down gently to flatten it.
Now gently roll the stuffed parathas to a size of a chapati or roti. (take care that the filling does not ooze out or tears the dough)
Now heat tawa and roast the paratha with ghee, oil or butter till golden brown on both sides.
Remove from tawa after both the sides are cooked well.
Follow the same process with the rest of the dough balls.
Serve aloo paratha along with white butter, curd or pickles.