Methi ke garam garam karare parathe aur ek cup adrak vaali kadak chai!!!! That’s all I want on a chilly winter morning, my favorite breakfast!
I always like crispy methi ke parathe. Methi leaves give parathas beautiful green colour and make them crispy.
In Jaipur we used to get clean methi leaves without stems, so no need to go through the cleaning process. It was a boon for a person like me who loves to cook green veggies but always feels lazy to clean them.
But still, the moment I see fresh green bunches of coriander, mint, spinach or methi leaves on the vegetable shop, I couldn’t resist buying them. Even once Manish (poor guy, not able to differentiate all different green leafy veggies) couldn’t resist appreciating those fresh green bunches and wished if we were a cow, we would have finished it all!!! Lol ππππ
Come, let’s prepare healthy methi ke parathe…..
If interested, you can go through my other post on stuffed aaloo ka paratha also…Aaloo ka bharva Paratha
Ingredients :
Fresh green Methi (fenugreek)leaves
Wheat flour
Salt (according to your taste)
Red chili powder (according to your taste)
Hing (asafetida) a pinch
Oil for roasting
Water to knead the dough
Process:
Wash methi leaves under running water nicely and keep them in a strainer till all water drains out.
Now chop leaves very fine.
In a broad vessel take wheat flour and add chopped methi leaves, salt, chilli powder and hing.
With the help of water prepare dough.
Brush your ready dough slightly with oil to avoid it drying.
Now take a small portion of dough, roll it between your palms, apply some dry flour and roll it in a small round circle.
Apply few drops of oil on it.
Fold it, and again apply few drops of oil, do last fold andΒ give it a shape of triangle. Again apply dry wheat flour on both the sides, roll it with rolling pin slowly and evenly on clean and dry kitchen counter, keeping triangle shape.
If rolling in triangle shape is difficult for you, then after applying oil on small circle, pinch the edges together closely and neatly and bind them.
Now press this mould slightly and roll in dry flour from both the sides.
Roll this slowly and evenly with rolling pin in round shape. Don’t roll it too thin, otherwise it will stick on kitchen counter.
Heat tawa on medium heat and carefully with the help of your palm place paratha on tawa.
Once it gets slightly roasted from one side (tiny bubbles on top are the signs that it’s time to flip) flip it with the help of flat laddle (once you are used to, then flipping can be done with fingers).
Apply oil on roasted side and follow the same procedure for other side too.
Keep on pressing paratha from all sides with the help of a laddle until it is nicely browned and crisp.
Serve it in breakfast (or anytime, for that matter!) with curd, pickle, butter or chutney.
Yummy and wholesome too!
Thank you very much.
All time favourite π Very good blog! Will use the recipes too! π
Thank you so much for your lovely appreciation Sonal π
Look sooo tasty. Wow
Wish I could cook
I will try this recipe for my daughter. It is so healthy.
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Swarnili, thank you very much π
Insightful tips, Deeksha. We can add besan flour if we want to, isn’t it? It does change the taste a little, I guess:)
Padmini, Thanks a lot ππ
Besan flour will make them more crisp and tasty, though oil will be required slightly more as besan needs more moisture.
Got it Thank you:)