Aloo Paratha

well.. well.. paratha!!!!! all time my favorites.. i don't mind any paratha.. methi,palak,cheese, aloo and many more in my list. First time in  my in-laws house before my marriage i prepared methi paratha,second time aloo paratha and third time palak paratha and again 3-4 days  after my marriage i prepared some other paratha... :) my MIL everytime whenever she used to call up her sister, she used to tell that my DIL prepared this paratha, that paratha etc.. and finally one day her sister asked "Ninna sosege paratha bittu bere yenu baralwa???"means "doesnt ur DIL know to make anything other than parathas???"since then in my house even now my in-laws call me "paratha speacialist".

I am giving here the recipe for aloo paratha.. one of my favorites paratha.. lets see the recipe below..

Ingredients

 Wheat flour - 1 cup
 Aloo - 1 large
 Onion - 1 finely chopped
 Coriander leaves - 6-7 strands finely chopped
 jeera powder - 1 tsp
 Daniya powder - 1tsp
 peas(optional)
 green chilly - 2-3 finely chopped
 salt for taste.
 butter/ghee for cooking parathas







Method:

1. Take the  wheat flour in a bowl and add some water and little salt and prepare the chapathi dough and keep it aside.

2. Cook the peas and aloo and once it cools finely mash them together.

3. add finely chopped onion,coriander leaves,green chilly,jeera powder, daniya powder and salt to the mashed potato and mix everything well.

4. Take some portion of the chapathi dough and roll it to samll roti(poori size)

5. Take a lemon sized aloo from the aloo mixture and put it in the center of the roti and raise all the sides to cover the filling. Now evenly roll the paratha to medium thickness.(use wheat flour for dusting)

6. cook the parathas on thava using little ghee/butter. serve hot with some raitha n pickle/chutney powder.

Methi Paratha

Well well... I prepared Methi Paratha  at my in-law's house before my marriage. I had gained some nice browny points :D. My mother-in law  often remembers it :)


Ingredients

1. Methi leaves - 2 cups finely chopped
2. Atta - 2 cups
3. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
4. Jeera - 1 tsp
5. Salt for taste

Method:

1. Take the Atta in  bowl and add the above Ingredients and prepare the smooth dough like normal chapathi dough. keep it aside for 10-15 minutes.

2. Now take some portion from the above dough and  roll it thin like chapathis.

3. Put it on the tava and cook it until parathas are done. Add some butter while cooking which gives great taste for parathas.

Now methi paratha is ready . serve with pickle/ some raitha