Last Updated on August 11, 2017
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Resting Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 1 to 2 min per paratha
Makes : 4 paratha
Ingredients:
For Dough:
Wheat Flour / Atta - 1 cup + extra if needed
Dried Fenugreek Leaves / Kasurimethi - 2 tblspn
Salt - ½ tsp
Water as needed
Oil for making paratha
For Filling:
Potatoes - 2 boiled, peeled and mashed
Oil - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1tsp
Onion - 1 small chopped finely
Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder- 1 tsp
Dried Fenugreek Leaves / Kasurimethi - ½ cup
Salt to taste
Method:
Start by making dough, take flour, salt, methi leaves in a bowl. rub well.Add in water slowly and knead to a soft smooth dough. Cover the dough with a bowl and set aside for 30 mins.
Boiled potatoes, peeled and mash well. Set aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add in cumin, add onions and saute for a min. Add all spice powders, salt and mix well.
Add methi leaves and mix well.
Add this into the potatoes and mix well. Set this mix in a bowl and let it cool down. Divide it into equal balls.
Take the dough and divide into equal balls. Take a ball and roll it out lightly.
Place filling in it and seal the edges, use a rolling pin to roll the paratha evenly.
Heat a tawa, put the paratha on hot tawa, cook for few sec, flip over, spread some oil over it, spread again, spread some more oil over it and cook on both sides till golden.Remove and serve hot.
Pictorial:
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| Start by making the dough, take wheat flour in a bowl |
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| add salt |
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| add methi leaves..i used dried ones |
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| mix well |
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| add water |
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| make a soft dough |
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| boil potatoes, peel them |
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| mash well and set aside |
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| heat oil in a pan |
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| add cumin |
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| add onions |
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| saute for a min |
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| add salt and spice powders |
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| mix well |
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| add dried methi leaves |
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| mix well |
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| add it into the potatoes |
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| mix well |
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| divide dough and the filling into equal balls |
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| take a dough |
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| flatten it out |
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| place filling |
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| seal the edges |
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| like this |
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| flatten it |
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| roll it out |
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| place paratha in a hot pan |
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| flip over and cook |
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| apply oil on top |
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| flip over |
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| apply oil on other side too |
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| flip over and cook |
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| Serve |
Preethi Ezhil
Dear aarthi,
U have mentioned that we can use fresh methi leaves in this. If that is the case how am I supposed to use it
Chitra
Hey aarti,
I tried out the aloo methi paratha with fresh methi and it turned out awesome... Shared with friends and they were pleased too with the taste.... Thank u for the recipe... I am not someone who leaves comment for recipes... But this recipe was super se upar... 😀so had to give a like by leaving a comment...