Palak Paratha

Soups Gravy & Parathas 1412

• Serves: 5 People
• Prep Time: 10 Minutes
• Cooking: 20 Minutes
• Calories: 141
• Difficulty: easy

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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

1. Take a bowl and add wheat flour and mix in chopped spinach in it.
2. Add salt, green chilies, onion, ginger paste and oil in the flour.
3. Knead the dough by gradually adding water.
4. Make sure to knead a soft and smooth dough.
5. Grease the dough with oil and cover it with damp cloth.
6. Let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.
7. Now pinch a medium sized ball dough, roll and flatten it with your fingers a little bit.
8. With the help of spoon spread some oil in the middle of flatten dough and close the edges.
9. 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.
10. Heat a tawa on medium flame and put the paratha on it. Let it cook on it for 1 minute.
11. When the base of paratha is partially cooked flip the other side.
12. Let it cook from the other side until the brown spots appear.
13. Spread some oil on top and spread evenly on paratha.
14. Flip the side and spread some oil on the other side as well.
15. Keep the flame medium and press the paratha gently with a ladle and cook it till brown spos appear on both sides.
16. Palak paratha is ready, take it out of tawa.
17. Continue the same process with remaining dough.
18. Serve hot with pickle or chatni.
19. __________________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.
20. Skip the green chili if you are serving for kids.
21. Palak paratha taste great when roasted with ghee instead of oil.
22. You can even add coriander leaves for more flavors.
23. 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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