Palak Paratha
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Punjabi palak parantha, also known as palak masala paratha is here for you. This is a simple and easy hassle free recipe. furthermore, I simply love the green shade of all this paratha.
Ingredients
- Wheat flour 2 cups (300 grams)
- Spinach 2 cups (200 grams) (finely chopped)
- Oil 3 to 4 tablespoon
- Cumin seeds 1/4 teaspoon
- Onion 1 small (finely chopped)
- Ginger paste 1/2 teaspoon
- Green chili 3-4 (finely chopped)
- Salt more than 1 teaspoon or o taste
Directions
- Take a bowl and add wheat flour and mix in chopped spinach in it.
- Add salt, green chilies, onion, ginger paste and oil in the flour.
- Knead the dough by gradually adding water.
- Make sure to knead a soft and smooth dough.
- Grease the dough with oil and cover it with damp cloth.
- Let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
- Now pinch a medium sized ball dough, roll and flatten it with your fingers a little bit.
- With the help of spoon spread some oil in the middle of flatten dough and close the edges.
- Dust some flour on the rolling surface and roll the dough ball in a thin circle like chapathi or paratha. Do not roll it too thin keep it a little thick.
- Heat a tawa on medium flame and put the paratha on it. Let it cook on it for 1 minute.
- When the base of paratha is partially cooked flip the other side.
- Let it cook from the other side until the brown spots appear.
- Spread some oil on top and spread evenly on paratha.
- Flip the side and spread some oil on the other side as well.
- Keep the flame medium and press the paratha gently with a ladle and cook it till brown spos appear on both sides.
- Palak paratha is ready, take it out of tawa.
- Continue the same process with remaining dough.
- Serve hot with pickle or chatni.
- __________________Note: You can make this paratha in another way as well. Simply blanch spinach and create a puree from it and mix it with the dough.
- Skip the green chili if you are serving for kids.
- Palak paratha taste great when roasted with ghee instead of oil.
- You can even add coriander leaves for more flavors.
- You can give diversity to this paratha to a palak paneer paratha. You just need to stuff the paneer (cottage cheese) stuffing into palak paratha.
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I experienced that cooking doesn't need to be threatening. I didn't figure out how to cook as a child. No treats or cakes with Grandma. Never helping mother cook meals. I needed to learn as a grown-up, due to legitimate need. I needed to figure out how to cook. So I just began cooking. It was unpleasant from the outset. I attempted to sear garlic, and everything turned green. It was one Pinterest fall flat after the other until I at least began to get its hang. For some time, I; despised cooking feared it with each fiber of my being. And one day; I, began anticipating it. I would be at my work area and begin pondering what I could make for supper. I began to get amped up for evaluating new plans, concocting something all alone, or utilizing new fixings. It got fun. Also, that is something I need to impart to you. Cooking is fun and energizing, and regardless of whether you think you will suck at it, recall, even I can cook.