Recipe for Aloo Parantha
Ingredients
- 2 cups Whole wheat flour (atta)
- 2 medium boiled Potato
- 1 teaspoon Pomegranate seeds (anardana)
- 1 teaspoon Red chilli powder
- 1 chopped Green chilli
- Salt to taste
- 4 tablespoons Butter
Cooking Directions
Sieve flour with half a teaspoon of salt.
Mix with three-fourth cup of water gradually and knead to make a smooth dough.
Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for fifteen minutes.
Grate the potatoes. Grind pomegranate seeds to a coarse powder.
Mix potatoes, pomegranate seeds, red chilli powder, green chilli and salt. Divide it into four equal portions Divide dough into eight equal portions and make pedas.
Cover with a wet cloth and keep aside for five minutes.
Take a peda and flatten it by pressing.
Place potato mixture on it and again make it into a peda.
Seal the edges completely so that potato stuffing does not come out.
Flatten these pedas, sprinkle a little flour and roll them with a rolling pin to approximately six-inch diameter.
Heat a tawa, place parantha on it and cook on moderate heat for three minutes.
Turn it and pour half a tablespoon of oil or butter, spread it on parantha and shallow fry over low heat.
Turn it and again pour half a tablespoon of oil or butter on other side.
Cook on low heat till golden brown.
Aloo Parantha Sanjeev Kapoor, is ready to serve, hot with yogurt or mango pickle.
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