Parotta | Kerala Parotta Recipe | Malabar Paratha is a flaky layered flatbread. It is a popular south indian dish which taste delicious with veg salna or chicken salna.
Malabar Paratha Recipe
Who doesn't love flaky parotta. It is one of my favorite, Love it specially with chicken salna. So good.
About Kerala Paratha (Parotta)
Paratha is usually called as parotta over here.Here in Nagercoil there are so many parota shop,They usually serve parota with a lovely salna, it will be so nice to have on a rainy day.
The Parotta they make is entirely different there are so many methods in doing that, they will just throw the dough in air to make it thin but it doesn’t work for me.But this recipe is so simple and the parota even turns out so flaky and so soft. So every one can try it.
I served it with vegetable korma but you could serve it with Chicken gravy or Salna. I had even given Step by step instructions so it will be so helpful to you. You will love my pheni paratha too.
Video for Kerala Paratha Recipe
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How to Make Parotta at Home (Easy Way)
Dough & Pre Preparation
Mix every ingredients in a mixing Bowl and form a dough,cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest for about 4 hours. In a bowl add around ½ cup of maida and pour in some oil and make it into a smooth paste and set aside.
Rolling Paratha
Divide the dough into equal balls. Take a dough ball and spread it into a thin chappati,Add in a tblspn of maida oil over the chappati and spread it evenly.Now with a sharp knife cut strips on the chappati, pull all the strips together and curl it into a round,Apply some oil on the dough ball and set aside on a oiled plate(See picture).Make every dough ball the same way. After that cover the plate with some damp cloth and set it aside for about 1 hour.
Cooking Parotta
After 1 hour take the dough and make it to a slightly thicker Parata. Heat a tawa on high heat and place the parata over the pan and cook the parata on both sides by applying oil till it is golden brown.
Flaky Parotta
Make some 5 parata the same way,then stack them together and crush them with your both hands vigorously till the flakes separates. Put them in a Hot case and repeat the process until everything is done. Serve them hot with your favorite curry.
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Parotta Recipe | Kerala Paratha Recipe | Malabar Paratha Recipe
Ingredients
For Paratha Dough
- 500 grams All Purpose Flour
- 300 ml Warm Milk
- 2 tbsp Oil + more for frying paratha
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
For Making Paste
- ½ cup Oil
- ½ cup All Purpose Flour
Instructions
- Mix every ingredients in a mixing Bowl and form a dough,cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest for about 4 hours.
- In a bowl add around ½ cup of maida and pour in some oil and make it into a smooth paste and set aside.
- Divide the Dough in to equal portions.
- Take a dough ball and spread it into a thin chappati,Add in a tblspn of maida oil over the chappati and spread it evenly.Now with a sharp knife cut strips on the chappati,pull all the strips together and curl it into a round,Apply some oil on the dough ball and set aside on a oiled plate(See picture).Make every dough ball the same way.After that cover the plate with some damp cloth and set it aside for about 1 hour.
- After 1 hour take the dough and make it to a slightly thicker Parata.
- Heat a tawa on high heat and place the parata over the pan and cook the parata on both sides by applying oil till it is golden brown.
- Make some 5 parata the same way,then stack them together and crush them with your both hands vigorously till the flakes separates.
- Put them in a Hot case and repeat the process until everything is done.
- Serve them hot with your favorite curry.
Video
Notes
Tips & Tricks
- Making Parotta dough soft and not too stiff.
- Allow the dough to rest atleast for few hours to make soft paratha.
- Cook the paratha on low to medium heat and not high heat to make sure the paratha cooks from inside.
- Crush the paratha while it is still hot to get flaky layers
Serving Suggestions
Love it specially with chicken salna. It is a
Nutrition
Kerala Parotta with Step by Step Pictures
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Tips & Tricks
- Making Parotta dough soft and not too stiff.
- Allow the dough to rest atleast for few hours to make soft paratha.
- Cook the paratha on low to medium heat and not high heat to make sure the paratha cooks from inside.
- Crush the paratha while it is still hot to get flaky layers
Serving Suggestions
Love it specially with chicken salna. It is a popular south indian dish which taste delicious with veg salna or chicken salna.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the ingredients of parotta?
Basic ingredients like flour, salt, sugar, warm milk, oil is formed into a soft dough to make paratha. The dough is later rolled, shaped and cooked into paratha. Cooked paratha is crushed using hands to create the iconic flaky layers.
Why is my parotta not soft?
Soft paratha or parotta is achieved by following few steps. Making dough soft and not stiff. The dough has to be let to rest for few hours which results in soft paratha.
Which flour is used to make parotta?
All purpose flour is used in making paratha. You can use wheat flour to make lachha paratha.
What is the difference between paratha and parotta?
Both paratha and parotta are kind of similar. But the usage of the type of flour and process of making makes it differ slightly.
How to make Malabar Parotta at home?
Follow the mentioned recipe to make malabar parotta easily at home. You can also check my nool parotta, Bun parotta, poricha parotta.
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Karen Xavier
I love this, the whole presentation... will try it out pretty soon. I've never found a good paratha recipe before, this looks easy and really flaky.
Lavanya
It really turned out good, for any recipe I can rely on your site 😊
Anonymous
Is there a way to make these parathas without milk, using curd or water or butter instead?
Anonymous
Use luke warm water
Rajini
Hi Aarthi
Big fan of yours . Made this party a yesterday. It came out very well. Followed exactly your steps. Thank you so much. Can I try the same with wheat flour for a healthier option? Will it turn out well?
Rajini
It’s parotta and not party. Typo
Aarthi
thanks for trying. for wheat flour options. check this link https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/lacha-paratha/
Aarthi
Yes...You could use Curd+Water and knead the dough and follow the same procedure...Give the dough a resting time of 1-2 hours.It will probably give you the same result.I haven't tried this...Hope you try and tell me how it turned out...
Viswini
Hi Aarthi.. tried this.. Came out soooo good.. Thanks for the recipe..
nivedita
wow, bookmarking it to make it soon.
detailed photos makes easy to follow the recipe.
thanks.
sangee vijay
wow...very detailed recipe...looks so fluffy n layered...want to give a try soon...thanx for sharing...
Bindhu
Tried this one and my folks just loved it.Btw..nice blog,keep going.
soujanya
Vowww!!!real flaky...very detailed presentation.....thanq...
i tried twice but i failed so stopped will try again..
thanq...
Chitra
Aarthi love this paratha love the technique used here...lovely...will try this soon and post it linking it back to u...let me know if it's ok with u...
Anonymous
hi to all yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.comers this is my first post and thought i would say a big hello to yous -
regards speak again soon
g moore
Hemavathi Murari
Superb parothas. but it takes time.
Hema's Adugemane
Preethi Sriram
yummy dish dear... sure will give a try 🙂
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Anonymous
@Karen Xavier
I am definaletly going to try it. But i will us whole wheat flour. hope it will be as flaky as Maida .
Vanita.
Anonymous
How did u get this paratha by doing it with whole wheat?
Anonymous
hey dear ur blog is wonderful and you have explained each recipe very well..thanks a lot dear...God Bless!!
Anonymous
hey dear ur blog is wonderful and you have explained each recipe very well..thanks a lot dear...God Bless!!
nisha
Hi dear
I just tried this recipe. It came really well. Thank you so much. My husband really likes. It
Rayyan
hey dear u really doing a great job!! especially the detail photographs makes r life easy in the kitchen...thanks a ton!!
Rayyan
hey dear u doing a really great job!! especially the detail photographs step by step..u make r life easy in the kitchen..thanks a ton!!!
Vanita A
Good morning Aarthi. As I said the photographs makes things much easier. thks for the Post. Will try this out.
Suchi Sm
fantastic work aarthi..... u make all the tough recipes to feel easy......
remya sean
I trieed to make soft kerala parotta several times.But all the times it end up with a disaster..
Sure I will try ur version soon..n let u know the result
Anonymous
I tried this with wheat flour n came out nice...thankyou Aarthi...👍👏
Anonymous
Very nice recipe.. Thanks for sharing.. Will try it out soon..
Anonymous
Gr8....u r amazing.....
Anonymous
Looks yummy will surely try it very soon by the way tried the suji lados and they were a hit thanks alot
Anonymous
I tried this.....lushhhhh result yummyy.u r suprrb
deepak Raj
I did this parota and kurma, it came out very well..
Thanks..
Deepthi Rain
Hi Aarti, ur recipe is awesome.. I tried it at home. It came out amazing. I have clicked the snaps also.. But couldn't upload to show u
Hemapriya Natesan
Hai, Is there anyway to.Store the dough to do it later, I have 2 small kids, and it is difficult to do the procedure evrrytime
Aarthi
@Hemapriya NatesanYou can store this in a air tight container in fridge and use it whenever you need. It will keep well for 2 to 3 days
Praveena Dewars
This recipe looks great, but I'm a beginner so of course it did not turn out as well as yours. I could use some tips, i replaced maida with all purpose flour and the dough came out very elastic, so it was hard to roll out. I managed with a great deal of effort to roll it out paper thin and everything looked fine till I tried rolling the balls into parathas. They were very Rubbery and wouldn't hold shape so they wound up thick, hard and uncooked inside. Just wondering if this is because I used all purpose flour instead of maida or if there could be another reason?
Aarthi
@Praveena DewarsI think it is because you have kneaded to dough really hard i hope. You have to make it soft and smooth and allow it to rest for 4 hours. if you do this, you will get a soft paratha
Deepu
haiiii arthi......
first of all congrats for ur recipes..... all the recipes was amazing.. yesterday i tried one of ur recipe ... ya that is parotaa..... i correctly follow all your steps.... finally the out put whahooooooooo !!!!!!!!! it was fantastically came out,..... ssssss i done the parotaa.....
the taste was yummyyyyy and it luks lik i was eat in hotel....
Anonymous
Hai Aarthi. unka paratto
making parthawey seinum pola iruku.
I will try. Ur baby is so sweet.
I like name Maha. so cute.
-bhuvaneswari,salem.
Me
Hey Aarthi, I tried dis recipe today n parantha came out super flaky n soft..my mom dad wr amazed by my cooking..I had dis parantha for d 1st tym wen I ws in dubai..wondering of its recipe bt thnks to u I found wat I wanted..
Thahira Tasneem
I am an ardent follower of your blog.Thank you, for posting such wonderful and easy to follow recipes.My family enjoys every dish i make from your blog.
Anonymous
U make all tough recipes sound so easy.....ur pictorial illustration makes it very tempting to try.....u r too cool....keep it up....and enlighten us with more of such recipes.
God Bless you
Preethi
Archana Kathirvel
Hi aathi....
Am Recent follower of ur blog...every girl who s new to cooking can be presented with ur blog ....so that all will become masters in cooking.....hats off to u....keep up the good work....
Anonymous
wowwwww...mouth watering i love the way you prepared n clicked pics to help others to cook without confusion suppeerrrbbbb thanq
Anonymous
Thank you sister for all ur recipes nowadays am getting rewards by my family members bcs of u and I get confident in my cooking very thank u
Anonymous
Thanks for sharing
Prem
Hi Aarthi.. I started following ur blog few days back. IT IS AMAZING . I m gonna start experimenting parota as first step.. Thank you for all thr recipes.
Prem.
Anonymous
Hi. I tried it. It came out very well. Thanks for the receipe.
Anonymous
U r great..
jeevitha balakrishnan
Hi friend this is the first time I m seeing ur recepi I think it wil use ful for me. Very nice and easily u have explained with very good pics. I wil do it and let u know how it comes.
jeevitha balakrishnan
Very nice I wil prepare and tel u how it comes I hope it wil com good
Anonymous
Arthi,
Should I leave the dough in refrigerator or out for 4 hr, n same question after making the balls should I put in in fridge for 1 hour or just at room temperature. I appreciate ur help.
Aarthi
@Anonymousno need to put in fridge, store it out at room temp
Anonymous
I am a begginer..I followed many of your recipes and everything came out so well and tasty...thanks for it...
Anonymous
Looks yummy porota ... Never eating good porota other than south Tamil nadu.. I tried once with egg similar to your recipe but couldn't get this flakes.. So avoiding egg is better right aarthi??
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes this recipe works wonderful
Anonymous
Your blog is too helpful,nd thanks for your blog,i am having one doubt.after making the dough the resting time is 2 hours and after making the stripes nd ball, again 2 hours,orelse 4 and then again 4 hours???
Manivasagan S
Hi aarthi,the dough can make thin rotis by oil or atta?when we try to make thin parathha ,it will shruk again and again na? Bcoz its maida na,if we can make thin means how to do??plz help me to do this.
Aarthi
@Anonymousmake the dough and rest it for 4 hours. roll it and cut it and make it into the ball and rest it for 1 hour. then make paratha
Aarthi
@Manivasagan Sthe paratha will be little thick not too thin..
Anonymous
@Praveena Dewars You can also check the oil content. Parota takes up lot of oil. Maida and all-purpose flour doesn't make any difference.
Anonymous
Thanks so much for the recipe.
For the vegan folk out there, you can sub the milk for soy milk (or any other plant based milk, really). It's better for the animals and better for you too! Give it a try.
I just made mine and they turned out awesome!
Jincy Firoz
How many cups s halfkg maida ??
Jincy Firoz
How many cups s halfkg maida ??
Jincy Firoz
How many cup s half kg maida??
Aarthi
@Jincy Firozhalf kg is around 4 cups
momsrecipes
Bookmarking the recipe.... Will make it vegan ... Thank you for sharing the detailed recipe....
Anonymous
tried this and got soo many compliments... thanks for the recipe��
Nimmi Maanu
I really loves your way of presentation in this blog and i likes malabar parota very much.but my mom dont know how to make it.I think this blog will very helpful for my mom.Thank you so much for this wonderful blog...The best parota maida will help to make best parota.
husaindeen himazy
Hi arthi, is it fresh milk or coconut milk that we should add..?? btw i m from sri lanka. i started cooking 3 months ago.. i really dont have any experience in cooking. your recipes are really really great and its very easy. i tried out the oats uthappam, fried chicken and the microwave chocolate lava cake.. thankyou so much for ypur easy recipes and keep on uploading more..
Aarthi
It is fresh milk
Anonymous
Hi aarthi,all ur recipies are really good.can we use wheat flour instead of maida
Anonymous
Can we make it with wheat flour??
Hemalatha Lingamoorthy
Hi Aarthi... How much milk( in cup measurement) for one cup maida?
Jayanthi Ramaraj
Thanks for the nice pictorial info..
All ur recipes are easy to follow thro pictorial
Anonymous
Great recipe. This was the first time Intried it and it turned out great. Only thing Inwould change next time is to reduce the sugar to 1/2 or even 1/4 tbsp of sugar. Thanks for the recipe😊.
Sruthi
Hi arthi.. tat was a perfect recipie. I tried an got the best ever parotta 😊😊.Thanks a lot an keep the grt work going... Best wishes..😊😊
RANJINI PRASAD
Hi Aarathi its my dream paratha my mouth is watering definitely I vl try it
Thanks
Valarmathi
Superb such an easy paratha recipe ever seen...i tried and my whole family loved it...thank u so much...
Anonymous
Wonderful recipes...I always google yummy tummy for any recipe.... Thanks Aarthi!
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