Aloo Paratha

 Aloo Paratha is a breakfast dish made with wheat flour stuffed with boiled and cooked potato masala mixture.Aloo Paratha can be served with potato masala or curd.Aloo Paratha recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Aloo Paratha.

Ingredients:-

Wheat flour.-1 cup
Ghee.           -1tsp
Salt.             -a pinch
Water.          -as required
Ghee.           -for roasting

For Stuffing Potato Masala

Potato.                   -2
Cumin seeds.         -1tsp
Green chillies.        -2
Ginger garlic paste.-1tsp
Onion.                     -1
Turmeric powder.    -1/4 tsp
Red chilly powder.  -1/2 tsp
Coriander powder.   -1/2 tsp
Jeera powder.           -1/2 tsp
Garam masala.         -1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves.      -few
Salt.                           -to taste
Oil.                            -1tbsp

Instructions:-

Boil 2 potatoes with skin in sufficient water till soft. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes and keep aside. Heat 1tbsp oil in a wide pan and splutter cumin seeds. Add finely chopped green chillies and saute well. Add ginger garlic paste and saute well. Add finely chopped onion and required salt and saute well till onion turns soft and translucent.Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, coriander powder, jeera powder and garam masala powder into the pan and saute well. Add finely chopped few coriander leaves into the pan. Mix well and cook for 2 minutes.Add boiled and mashed potatoes into the pan. Stir well and cook till the mixture becomes thick and switch off the flame. Potato masala is ready for stuffing.

Method:-

1). In a mixing bowl add wheat flour,1tsp ghee and little salt and mix well. Add required water little by little into the bowl and knead the flour and make a soft dough.Keep aside the dough for 30 minutes to rest.

2). After 30 minutes knead the dough again.

3). Make lemon size dough balls.Roll each dough balls into small round thick poori. Keep lemon size portion of potato masala on each rolled poori.

4). Gather all sides of the each rolled poori to cover the potato masala stuffing inside the poori and seal the tip.

5). Press the tip and dust the stuffed poori with little wheat flour.

6). Place the stuffed poori on a rolling board and roll it into little thick and round paratha. Roll the  remaining stuffed pooris using rolling board and keep aside the rolled paratha.

7). Heat a tawa and keep the rolled paratha on it and roast on medium flame till puffed up on both sides.

8). Add little ghee over the paratha. Flip and roast paratha on both sides till crispy and little brown spot appears on it.Remove the roasted aloo paratha and transfer to a plate.

 9). Roast the remaining rolled paratha adding ghee and transfer to a plate.

10). Very tasty  Aloo Paratha is ready to serve.

Try the recipe and enjoy the tasty aloo paratha with potato masala or curd.