Aloo Paratha

Aloo Paratha is one of the most popular breakfast recipe in North India. This recipe is made with wheat flour bread stuffed with aloo. It is very tasty when eaten with curd or pickle.

Aloo Paratha

 Ingredients: Serve - 2

• Wheat flour - 3 cups
• Salt - 1 & 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Oil/ ghee - for making paratha
• Water- as required
• Aloo - 3
• Red chili powder - 1tspn
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Cumin powder - 1/2tspn
• Cumin seeds  - 1/4tspn
• Green chilies - 3
• Coriander leaves - as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for Aloo Paratha:

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Method:

1. Take a big bowl, add wheat flour, 1tspn salt, 1tspn oil and make soft dough with sufficient amount of water. 
2. Keep the dough aside for 1 hour. Later make small balls of equal size. (figure 1)
3. Cook the potatoes in pressure cooker for 3 vessel & let it cool down for some time. Later peel the potato skin and mash well. (figure 2 & 3)
4. Add red chili powder, cumin powder, cumin seeds, green chili small pieces, 1/2tspn salt and mix well. (figure 4)
5. Now make potato mash as small balls. (figure 5)
6. Take one wheat ball, dump into dry wheat flour & make it like small thick circle. Place one potato mash ball at center of the circle. (figure 5)
7. Fold the edges properly as shown in figure 6 & press this dumpling lightly so that it becomes a proper round shape.(figure 6 & 7)
8. Dump the ball into wheat flour & with rolling pin gently roll the ball into little thick circle  Ensure that stuffing not coming out. (figure 8 & 9)
9. Heat a pan in medium flame, put the paratha pan, apply  ghee/ oil and cook for 2 minute. (figure 10)
10. Gently flip the paratha other side, apply oil/ghee and cook until paratha get's cooked well.(figure 11)
11. Continue the same process for remaining Paratha’s
12. Serve in plate with curd or pickle. (figure 12)

Hot & Spicy Aloo Paratha is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 1, ensure that dough should be little tight.
• In step 2, ensure that potato mash is not be watery.
• In step 4, ensure potato mash balls are 1/3 of wheat ball size.