Crunchy Aloo Paratha

Crunchy "Aloo Paratha" Recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Lunch/Dinner
Prep Time: 20 mins    | Cook time: 20 mins     | Serves: 2-3

Potato could be called the king of all the vegetables due to its versatile presence in almost every vegetable recipe but monotonous taste of potato in every vegetable dish sometimes makes it very boring. Aloo paratha is among most popular breakfast available in Indian cuisine, especially in Punjab and Haryana, but sometimes people prefer crunchy aloo paratha over regular soft aloo paratha for variation. My mother occasionally make this crispy aloo paratha and I just love to have it when I was kid. Today I thought to share this recipe, which have its own twist that makes it really tasty aloo parata’s.

 Ingredients:

2 cups wheat flour

Water for kneading

Refine oil for deep frying

Filling  Ingredients:

4-5 large potatoes(boiled)

3-4 teaspoon Coriander leave(finely chopped)

1 teaspoon garam masala powder

½ teaspoon coriander powder

½ teaspoon red chili powder

Salt as per your taste

1/4 teaspoon  cumin powder

2 green chili(finely chopped)

¼ teaspoon ajwain (Thymol seeds)

                                     

Kitchen utensils required:

• 1 non-stick pan (I prefer: Vinod Zest Non- Stick Friendly Pan)

• 1 Spatula (I prefer: PINDIA Wooden Curved Spoons)
• 10 bowls (I prefer: Borosil Mixing Bowl)
• 1 cooker (I prefer: Prestige Popular Aluminum Pressure Cooker, 3 Liters)

• 1 Water jug

                           

                                 Step by step procedure:

Prepare dough

Take bowl, add wheat flour. Now knead it with the water and keep it aside for 10 minutes.

Prepare filling for dough

Step-1 Boil potatoes in a cooker. Now take boiled potatoes and mesh them. Now add all the filling ingredients in it. Add salt as per your taste.

Step-2 Make small balls out of all the prepared filling. 

Make Crunchy Aloo Paratha

Step-1 Take out bowl of dough. Now take small part (big lemon size) of dough. Now with the help of rolling pin roll it in shape of puri. Now put small lemon size filling in that and close it very well. Take dry wheat flour and with the help of rolling pin roll it to the desire shape and size. Similarly prepare all the aloo paratha from the dough and the filling.

Step-2 Now heat deep non-stick pan. When pan is hot then add oil in it, when oil become super-hot then put one paratha in oil and deep fry it. Now cook it from both the sides on medium flame. Similarly prepare all aloo paratha’s.

When done put ghee on it, or enjoy it with butter.

Serve hot with yogurt, green chutney, tomato catch-up, vinegar onion.

                                               
Tips:

• Deep frying aloo paratha will make it full crunchy and super tasty.

• You can replace this filling ingredients with simply coriander leaves, green chili and salt.

1- Prepare green chutney

Ingredients

1/2 cup coriander leaves

2-3 green chili

2-3 garlic cloves

¼ teaspoon mango powder

Salt and water as you prefer

Method

Take grinder, add all the ingredients of the chutney. Add water and salt as per you like. Now make fine paste out of it. Your green chutney is ready.

2- Prepare vinegar onion

Ingredients

2 small onions (cut in shape as you like)

1 cup cold water

2 teaspoon vinegar

Salt as per you like

 

Method

Take onion. Cut it into shape as you like. Dip it in cold water for 5-6 minutes. Now remove water and then wash it with normal water. Take it in a bowl. Add vinegar, salt. Mix it well. Keep it aside for 3-4 minutes. Vinegar onions are ready.

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