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Aaloo Paratha

Ingredients
For Paratha
  • Atta (Wheat flour) - 2 cups
  • Salt - as required
  • Hot water - as required
  • Oil / Curd - 2 tbsp
For Filling
  • Potato - 2 nos:
  • Onion - 1 (chopped)
  • Ginger - 1 small piece (chopped)
  • Coriander leaves - handful (chopped)
  • Curry leaves - handful (chopped)
  • Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
  • Salt - as required
  • Butter - 2 tbsp
Preparation Method
  1. Mix Atta, Salt and Oil / Curd and make the dough by adding hot water.
  2. Keep the dough aside for 30-45mins:
  3. For filling, boil potatoes and remove the skin and then mash the potatoes.
  4. In a non-stick pan, bring oil to heat and splutter the mustard seeds.
  5. Add chopped onion and ginger and cook for 5mins: in medium flame.
  6. Add coriander leaves, curry leaves and mashed potatoes and mix well and cook for another 2-3mins: in medium flame.
  7. Add salt to taste and mix well.
  8. Remove from flame and let the filling to cool down.
  9. Divide the dough into lemon size portions.
  10. Take each portion and roll it to small circles.
  11. Take one spoon full of filling and place on the center of the dough circle.
  12. Seal the filling from all the sides and make a ball.
  13. Press down each stuffed balls gently and roll the parathas.
  14. Roast paratha in a hot tawa by turning in between.
  15. Apply  some butter on the paratha and remove from tawa.
  16. Aaloo paratha is ready to be served with curd and pickle.
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