Stuffed Paratha Archives

Gobhi ke parathe

Gobhi ke parathe (stuffed wheat flour flatbread stuffed with spicy cauliflower) is the best meal for a lazy Sunday brunch!! Though any variety of stuffed parathas will fall in this catagory like – Aaloo ka Paratha (wheat flour flat bread with spicy potato stuffing) , Pyaaz ka paratha (Indian flat bread, stuffed with roasted onion) and Mooli ka paratha (wheat flour flat bread stuffed with spicy radish) . Stuffed Gobhi ke Parathe require a little extra effort, so I prefer to keep them safe for Sunday brunches.

Generally people are hesitant to prepare stuffed parathas in their kitchen. They find it slightly complicated and always feel that homemade ones are no match for restaurants’ ones. Personally, I never liked stuffed parathe in restaurants. First reason is that the stuffing doesn’t go well with my taste. Next, I always feel that in restaurant they make very thick paratha. You might say that I am too fussy in my food habits, but not really, I can give you a long list of desserts that I can have any time only in restaurants!! But any variety of paratha – I prefer them to prepare in my kitchen.

Take care of a few points and you can prepare the best gobhi ke parathe in your kitchen…

Wheat flour dough should be more loose than chapati/roti’s dough. If dough is hard, then while rolling paratha you will have to apply slightly more pressure and stuffing will come out from the sides.
Stuffing should not have a lot of moisture. Wet stuffing will be troublesome while rolling the dough.
Let stuffing cool down properly – don’t ever fill hot stuffing in paratha.
Don’t overfill the stuffing. While rolling, stuffing will come out from the sides. But don’t fill too less also, otherwise there wouldn’t be any taste. With a few trials you will be an expert in any kind of stuffed parathas.

Ingredients:

Cauliflower 600 grams
Oil 2 tbsp
Ginger ( grated) 1/4 tsp
Green chillies (chopped) 3-4
Small mustard seeds (rai) 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds (jeera) 1/4 tsp
Asafoetida powder (hing) 1/8 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
Dry mango powder 3/4 tsp
Garam masala 1+1/4 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Salt as per your taste
Oil for preparing paratha
Wheat flour dough
Dry wheat flour

Process:

Cut cauliflower florets, wash them, let the water rinse out completely and then grate them.

Heat 2 tbsp oil in a wok and crackle rai, hing and jeera. Add grated cauliflower, grated ginger, chopped green chilies followed by all spices, except dry mango powder (amchoor) . Mix everything well and let it cook until cauliflower becomes soft. Keep on stirring in between and cover the pan. When mixture is ready, add dry mango powder, mix it well and let this masala cool down completely.

Prepare wheat flour dough and heat tava. Take a small portion from the dough (approximately 50-60 grams) and make a round ball, apply some dry flour on it and roll it evenly with the help of rolling pin in a small round shape.

Keep some cauliflower mixture on rolled dough and seal it by pinching from all the sides. Don’t stuff too much masala otherwise while rolling it will come out from the sides.

Again apply some dry flour and roll this by applying very light pressure in a round shape, carefully and evenly, from all sides.

Place this on hot tava and when you notice tiny bubbles, flip it to other side and apply oil and follow the same for other side too.

Paratha will puff up beautifully if you have rolled evenly.

To make paratha crisp, use slightly more oil and press it from both the sides with spatula. That extra oil will give paratha beautiful colour and nice crisp cover. Serve hot with curd, chutney, butter or pickle!!

I like it best with butter!!!

November 20, 2020April 22, 2022

Deeksha Pathak104 Comments

Mooli ka bharva paratha

Radish (mooli) is used as a vegetable for lunch or dinner, as salad and during breakfast as mooli ka bharva paratha ( wheat flour flat bread stuffed with spicy radish). Mostly people either like radish or they don’t like it at all. Nobody compromises to have it in any form.
Generally in India people use white radish. At my parent’s house during winter season just before lunch my mother or I used to pick fresh radish from our kitchen garden for salad. You just can’t beat the taste of home grown fresh vegetables!!

Winter season is the best time to enjoy hot food. Generally in North India plain paratha or bharva (stuffed) paratha is very common for breakfast. But at our house everyone used to be in a hurry to go to the school or college early in the morning so stuffed parathas were always prepared for dinner. Memories of having hot parathas in the kitchen with all family members is very nostalgic memory at my parent’s house.

I have a few more posts on stuffed parathas in the blog….

Aaloo ka Paratha (paratha with spicy potato stuffing)

Pyaaz ka paratha (Indian flat bread, stuffed with roasted onion)

Ingredients:

To prepare radish masala:

3 medium size radish, 2 chopped green chillies, grated ginger, 1 tsp oil, salt, red chilli powder, dry mango powder (amchoor), turmeric powder, asafoetida and garam masala.

For paratha:
Wheat flour dough, dry wheat flour and oil.

Process :

Wash, peel and grate radish.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan and add grated radish , chopped green chillies, grated ginger and all spices.

Mix it and cook radish till the water completely evaporates.

Prepare wheat flour dough and heat tava. Take a small portion from the dough, approximately 50 gm and make a round ball, apply some dry flour on it and roll it in a small round shape.

Place some radish masala (just about 35 to 40 gm) on it and seal it by pinching from all the sides.

Again apply some dry flour and roll this in a round shape carefully and evenly from all sides. Don’t put too much pressure while rolling.

Carefully place this on hot tava and when you notice tiny bubbles, flip it to other side and apply oil and follow the same for other side also.

If you have rolled paratha evenly, it will puff up beautifully.

Serve hot mooli ka bharva paratha with curd, chutney, butter or pickle!!

May 22, 2020April 22, 2022

Deeksha Pathak57 Comments

Pyaaz ka paratha

Weekend comes with a demand or hidden wish for special breakfast or brunch. For this Saturday, I had thought of doing Pyaaz ka paratha. Manish and Apoorva both want only Aaloo ka Paratha (wheat flour flat bread with spicy potato stuffing) . If I would have asked their choice, I could never prepare any other variety for paratha. So, I did the preparation and served them both onion and aaloo ka paratha. Both wanted next one aaloo ka paratha. I knew very well that I am going to get this feedback only , so I had kept aaloo masala ready.

But I thoroughly enjoyed two pyaaz ke parathe with plain curd, mint chutney and butter!!

I have posted recipe for aaloo ke parathe Aaloo ka Paratha (paratha with spicy potato stuffing)and coriander chutney Coriander Chutneyalso in the blog…. mint chutney also has same procedure as coriander chutney, just replace coriander leaves to mint leaves .

Ingredients :

Onion (medium-sized) 4

Green chillies 3-4

Ginger tiny piece

Oil 1tsp

Salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, dry mango powder, one pinch asafoetida. (add all spices as per your taste)

Wheat flour dough

Dry wheat flour

Oil for roasting paratha

Process :

Chop onions and green chillies finely and grate ginger.

Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions, green chillies and grated ginger. Roast them till they become light brown.

Add salt, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, dry mango powder and hing (asafoetida) and switch off gas. Let it cool down completely .

Prepare wheat flour dough and heat tava. Take a small portion from the dough and make a round ball, apply some dry flour on it and roll it in a small round shape.

Keep some onion masala on it and seal it by pinching from all the sides.

Again apply some dry flour and roll this in a round shape carefully and evenly from all sides.

Place this on hot tava and when you notice tiny bubbles, flip it to other side and apply oil and follow the same for other side also.

If you have rolled paratha evenly it will puff up beautifully.

Serve hot Pyaaz ka paratha with curd, chutney, butter or pickle!!

September 8, 2018April 22, 2022

Deeksha Pathak31 Comments

Aaloo ka bharva Paratha

Have you ever tried Aaloo ka bharva paratha ( wheat flour stuffed bread with spicy potatoes stuffing) for breakfast?

Stuffed Paratha or plain paratha is a very popular breakfast in North India. During my school days, I used to take two parathas daily in my lunch box, sometimes with veggies and sometimes with different kinds of pickles. After finishing lunch also, we used to keep on licking mango pickle piece.😋😋😋😋 My mother used to prepare different varieties of homemade pickles, specifically for our lunch box. And when mango pickle jar was about to get empty, she used to prepare paratha with the remaining oil of pickle. It used to give such a nice tangy and spicy taste to paratha that one could just roll paratha and keep on taking bites with hot tea!!!!!

In UP there was a tradition to prepare plain parathas compulsorily for dinner with dry veggies and curd. Slowly, because of health consciousness, people have shifted to rotis.

Punjabi moms and grannys pour their heart and love in parathas serving you in breakfast with dollaps of butter….

At my parent’s house in Jaipur during winter, once in a week, we used to have dinner with Aaloo ka bharva Paratha, Gobhi ka paratha or Methi ka paratha with green Coriander Chutney. My mother used to prepare garam garam parathe and we all, along with my sisters, brother and father used to eat in kitchen only. It used to be very cozy, warm and intimate dinner while exchanging sharing our day’s activities. After dinner having a small piece of jaggery was must during winter season…
Good old days of childhood!!!!!!!!

After marriage I was introduced with the idea of having any kind of paratha, either plain or stuffed only in breakfast. Here Sunday special used to be aaloo ka bharva paratha! So I also followed the same tradition of having stuffed parathas in breakfast only.

Apoorva and Manish both like aaloo ka paratha a lot, so I end up preparing once in a week…

Ingredients :

Boiled potatoes
Kneaded wheat flour dough
Dry wheat flour
Oil/ghee

Spices:

Salt, dry mango powder(amchoor), garam masala, asafoetida(hing), red chilli powder, finely chopped green chillies and if you want, can add finely chopped green coriander leaves also, but make sure that after washing coriander leaves, water completely dries out, otherwise aaloo masala will be soggy and it will be very difficult to roll paratha.
I am not giving any fixed quantity for spices as every individual has different taste buds. Some prefer very spicy and others might prefer moderate or balanced.

Process :

Peel and mash boiled potatoes. Mash them nicely otherwise big chunks will be a problem while rolling paratha. Add above mentioned spices as per your taste.

Heat tawa on gas stove. Keep the flame on medium.

Now take a small portion of dough, probably size of a tennis ball, roll it between your palms, roll it into dry flour and roll it on clean kitchen counter with rolling pin in a small round shape.