Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Aloo Paratha

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Hope you all had a good weekend, here this weekend it was Summer fair in lil A's nursery for some fundraising. I really liked the whole idea of the fair,each class in the school has a stall and all the money raised goes towards the Schools fund. Nursery were asked to put a stall with kids toys/book and clothes which were donated by the parents and unlike back home, here buying used things is very common,so its a kind of recycling the toys,books and clothes ! The best part is I found one of his favourite toy from Disney cars movie in the stall and since I was volunteering in the stall before anyone could buy, I bought it for lil A and the smile on his face when he got it was priceless,it has been 3 days and till now he hasnt kept it anywhere...one pound well spent !!

Coming to todays recipe its Aloo paratha...I have been making this since ages,but never thought about blogging it till now..but since laziness has crawled on to me these days ,nothing much exciting is cooking in my kitchen,hopefully I will be back in action soon , till then please bare with for uploading simple recipes :)

Ingredients

Potatoes -2
Onion - 1/2
Ginger -garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Chaat masala - 2 tsp
Garam masala - 1 /2 tsp
Kashmiri redchilly powder - 1/4 tsp
Wheat flour - 1 1/2 - 2 cup
Coriander leaves
Boiling water -3/4 cup
salt
oil

Method

1. Boil poatoes ,peel the skin and grate.
2. In a saucepan add little oil and saute the finely chopped onions for 1 minute and add all the masalas ,cumin seeds and ginger garlic paste ,add a splash of water and cook for 1 minute till raw smell goes.
3.Make chapathy dough by taking 3/4 th cup of salted boiling water ,add little oil in it and add the wheat flour little by little and mix it with a wooden spoon ,when the dough cools down a bit use hands and knead it well to get a smooth dough.Cover the dough with a cloth or wrap in cling film and let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
4.Mean while mix poatoes , cooked masala and coriander leaves and make balls and keep it aside.
5.Divide the dough into balls and roll it out a little bit and place the potato balls inside and seal it .
6.Roll it out with a rolling pin carefully .
7.In a nonstick pan add little oil and cook the paratha flipping the sides by spraying/rubbing oil on each side.

17 comments:

Swathi said...

Sometime a dollar and pound can bring happiness which no one can give.
I like your aloo paratha.

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Aloo paratha looks delicious...

Tina said...

Delicious...

Unknown said...

very yummy and tempting..

Mélange said...

Vineetha,this one is my all time fav.Especially when I pack it for my daughter.We feel relieved with stuffed parathas coz' it's truly filling and nutritious !

Kajal said...

:) That's sweet! Am glad you could get lil A his fav toy :). Aloo Paratha, have never tried making it, though i love it. Bookmarked!

My Kitchen Antics said...

how i love aloo parathas...sadly i m rubbish at making it, so hopefully il get better with some practise.
i am a big charity store fan for my props and i love buying stuff for 50 p and stuff :)

Kaveri Venkatesh said...

Aloo parathas are my favorite...I was planning to them for dinner tonight..Like your version

PrathibhaSreejith said...

Glad that little one is enjoying his toy Car.
Aloo paratha is one of the fav here too, loved ur version of recipe: )
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Shilpakiran said...

all time fav .. presentation is too gud

KitchenKarma said...

Aloo Paratha is always a welcome food, I call this exciting enough :-)

Suja Manoj said...

Love the filling,perfect and yummy parathas.

Dolly Sharma said...

OMG..Vineetha, Aloo parathas are my all time favorite. Absolutely love them. They have turned out perfect. Good to know you are having a great time with little A. A pound well spent which has bought you so much joy seeing your kid being so happy. As mothers we live for these moments, Don't we...

Hema said...

One of my favorites..

Treat and Trick said...

Nice presentation and looks so good!

Julie said...

wow..aloo parathas,tempting & delicious!!
Lovely to hear Vinee Lil A is enjoying his toy car..:-)

kala said...

This is my all time fav paratha!!!!!!!!!