Monday, March 21, 2011

Stuffed Peas Paratha

 Ingredients For Dough:
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup All purpose Flour/Maida
1 Tbsp Chilly Flakes
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Tbsp Oil

Ingredients For Filling:
1 Cup Fresh Green Peas
1/2 Tsp Chat Masala
1 Inch Ginger
3-4 Green Chillies
1 Tbsp Cumin Powder
1 Pinch Asafoetida
Fist Full Coriander leafs finely chopped
2 Tbsp Oil
Salt to taste
First Step:
  • In a bowl add maida and whole wheat flour add the chilly flakes and salt mix all the ingredients together add water little by little and knead the dough to a soft consistency add oil and knead further to a soft dough cover and allow the dough to rest for 1/2 hour.
Second Step:
  • Boil or steam the green peas drain the water if any pat dry and reserve in a bowl.
  • In a coffee grinder or mixer jar  add the ginger and chillies grind to a coarse paste with out adding any water.
  • Add the cooked peas to the coarse ground masala and grind to a coarse paste reserve in a bowl do not add water while grinding.
  • Heat a wok with 2 tbsp oil add asafoetida and tip in your green peas paste fry for a minute add the cumin powder and chat masala mix well and fry add salt and coriander leafs stir well and fry for 10minutes till the moisture has gone and all the ingredients combine well.
  • Reserve the peas mixture in a bowl and allow to cool down completely before filling.
Lets Prepare:
  • Make medium size roundels out of the dough and dip into extra flour place it on a rolling board using a rolling pin flatten the sides of the dough leaving the center take about 4 to 6 tbsp of filling and place in the middle fold all the edges sealing the filling in the middle and roll back into a roundel and dip the roundel in the flour roll out into a paratha.
  • Heat a skillet/tava or fry pan start frying the paratha flip to either sides of the paratha add 1tbsp of oil and fry the paratha Serve hot with raita or pickle...Enjoy...:)



I agree i'm not an expert cook as my mom to prepare perfect round paratha anyhow this is my first attempt trying to prepare peas paratha if i can do it so can you try it out its fun and super easy.

My recipe demo in English...watch..enjoy...:)

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