Potato Paratha with a twist.
June 5th, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Roti/Parathas, Vegan Main Dishes | 
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I had a lot of mint at home and wanted to use it in a different way other than preparing chutney and pulav. Earlier I have made parathas too, grinding pudina, coriander and green chillies. So I wanted to try something new and came up with this idea of mixing it with the potato stuffing for the aloo paratha. The result was amazing. Not only did it taste good but the fragrance of the mint took it to another level.
Ingredients for the Paratha Dough:
All Purpose Flour (Maida) – 1 cup
Whole Wheat Flour – 1/2 cup
Salt – as per taste
Oil – 2 teaspoons
Ingredients for the stuffing:
Oil – 1 teaspoon
Mint (Pudina) leaves – 1 cup, coarsely chopped
Potatoes, medium size – 3, boiled and mashed
Garam Masala Powder - as per taste
Salt – as per taste
Juice of half a lemon
Procedure:
1. Combine the ingredients to prepare the dough. Add enough water to form a ball of dough, knead a couple of times and keep it covered for an hour.
2. To prepare the stuffing, add the teaspoon of oil in a frying pan and let it heat for a minute. Now add the mint leaves and sautee it for a while until it is wilted. Remove the pan from the stove and keep it aside.
3. Now to the mashed potato add the mint leaves, the remaining ingredients for the stuffing and combine together thoroughly.
4. Divide the paratha dough into lemon size balls and the stuffing into smaller size balls. I got 5 balls of dough for the above measurement.
5. Now roll each ball of dough into a small circle and place one ball of the stuffing and cover it with the dough and roll it back again.
6. Meanwhile pre heat the griddle (tava) and once the tava is hot, cook the parathas on both the sides, by adding little oil.
7. Enjoy it with yogurt and/or your favorite pickle.
My Notes:
1. I usually use only whole wheat flour for preparing parathas. Recently I saw this combination of all purpose flour and whole wheat flour, in a magazine. So I wanted to try it.
2. I grind coriander and green chilles and mix it with the the mashed potato to prepare potato paratha. This time I changed that too. The combination of mint, garam masala and the lemon juice was heavenly.
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Tags: all purpose flour, aloo paratha, garam masla, lemon juice, mint, potato, potato paratha, pudina paratha, whole wheat flour
June 30th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
@sivajini: Thank you very much dear Sivajini for your words of appreciation. I’m also keeping my fingers crossed, so let me know how the parathas turn out and also your parents’ reaction.
June 30th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Thanks Madhu accka for this recipe. I am going give this recipe a try today, we’ll see what my parents have to say. *crosses her fingers*
I love your recipes by the way, they all look fantastic. My Ammah is always complaining about what to make, it seems like that is not even an issue at your house with all your ideas.
June 8th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Medhaa thanks for dropping by too.
Sireesha, welcome to my blog and thank you very much.
Roma, thank you very much.
June 7th, 2008 at 9:04 am
nice picture of potato and mint leaves. I liked the golden spot of light falling on the potato.
June 7th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Hi Madhuram,
That’s a great and creative idea!!Beautiful Parathas Madhu!!!!