Paneer Paratha
Ingredients:
For dough:
Wheat flour -11/2 cup
oil -1 tsp
water -3/4 cup
salt – to taste
For stuffing:
Grated paneer-2 1/2 cups
chili powder -3/4 tsp
onion -2 tbsp finely chopped
chaat masala -1/2 tsp
cumin seeds -1/4 tsp
salt – to taste cilantro – 1 tbsp finely chopped
Method:
For dough:
- Knead wheat flour with desired salt by adding warm water into a soft dough.
- Coat the dough with a tsp of oil and cover it with a damp cloth for 15 minutes
- After 15 minutes make it into equal sized paratha balls
For stuffing:
- In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients for stuffing and mix well.
- Make it into equal sized balls (the same size as paratha balls)
For Paratha:
- Dust the paratha ball in little flour.
- Roll it into a small circle.
- place the prepared paneer stuffing ball at the centre. fold it carefully.
- Dust the ball again and roll it into a thin circle.(do not press so hard give a gentle press rolling evenly so that stuffing does not come out)
- Heat tawa and Put the paratha over it.
- Flip it when the lower end gets mild brown spots.
- Butter/oil the top and wait for a few seconds.
- Flip again and cook until paratha is well done butter on the top.
- Flip again for the other side to get cooked
- Serve the Paneer paratha with your choice of raitha
