Aloo Paraathaaa!!
Aloo Paratha is most loved in north Indian households. Enjoyed with lots of butter and masala tea for breakfast. It has a spicy potato filling with the soft outer layering of spiced dough.
Serves:
2
Ready In:
45min
Calories:
610
Good For:
Breakfast
About this Recipe
By: Haifa Sarwar
This recipe is originally my mothers and as kids and growing years we always enjoyed her aloo parathas and now I make for my family. And its a win anytime!
It’s simple and different from the regular parathas. And over the years it has become the favourite breakfast of my family.
Ingredients
The filling
- Potatoes – 3 Big
- Green chilli – 2
- Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves – 1 spring
- Ginger garlic paste – 1/2tsp
- Onion – 1/2 sliced
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Salt – To taste
The dough
- Chilli powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Cumin powder – 1/2tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
- Fresh coriander leaves – 4 leaves
- All-purpose flour – 10 leaves
- Oil – 2 tsp while kneading
- Butter – 3 tsp
- Salt – to taste
Nutrition information
This dish alone provides 50-70% of the recommended energy, fat, cholesterol and sodium intakes for the day, and more than the saturated fat allowance for the entire day!
- Protein 35%
- Carbs 55%
- Calories 65%
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
First, boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker until 3 whistles or if you’re just boiling in a pot boil for 15mins and until you prick a knife and it goes in easily.
Add 1 tsp of salt. Once soft drain it on a strainer and cool it for 10mins. Take the peel off the skin and mash it slightly and keep it aside.
Step 2
Step 3
Now let’s prepare the dough.
First goes in the all-purpose flour, salt to taste, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and freshly chopped coriander leaves, oil and mix these dry ingredients add lukewarm water little by little to form a semi-soft dough. Knead the dough for at-least for 5mins. Make 5 equal balls of the dough. Now make the same size balls of the potato mixture as well.
Step 4
Now make the same size balls of the potato mixture as well. Start rolling the dough very lightly until you can keep the potato ball in middle and pinch out the dough to the middle to cover the potato completely. now dip the dough ball in dry flour and roll out with a rolling slightly with mild pressure on the paratha. Slowly roll it out and cook it on a hot pan with some oil. Take it out on a plate and add some butter on the hot paratha and serve it with pickles or just enjoy it alone!
Try it out and let me know how do you like it. For further questions or help – contact me on instagram @yummylah_foodstudio
People Who’ve Made This
“The Biryani turned out to be lip smackingly delicious.
I tried making this reciepe at home and my family loved it”
“The Biryani turned out to be lip smackingly delicious.
I tried making this reciepe at home and my family loved it”
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