Lachcha Paratha- Crispy, flaky and multi layered wheat flour Indian bread

Lachcha Paratha or parotta is the popular bread of India specially from North India and Punjab. Parathas are made in many ways and varieties but this lachcha paratha is very popular due to its crispiness and flakiness, its little tricky to make but not difficult at all.This can be enjoyed with any spicy gravy curry or bean curry. It can be made either with wheat flour or refined flour or with the mix of both.

First make a semi soft dough with wheat flour or a mix of wheat flour and refined flour.Then make equal size balls from the dough and then roll like the pics below. THen put on medium hot tawa and dry roast from both the sides . Then apply some ghee or oil on both side and roast from both the sides till golden spots appears on the paratha. remove from the griddle and serve hot with any curry of your choice.

Follow these steps to make lachcha paratha-

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How To Make Lachcha Paratha

Lachcha Paratha-Crispy, flaky and multi layered wheat flour Indian bread

Prep Time15

Cook Time20

Total Time35

Course: Main Course, Roti,paratha,poori ,Breads

Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine

Keyword: jalebi paratha, lachcha paratha

Servings: people

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

3 cup Wheat Flour/aata
3 tbsp Cooking Oil or ghee
1 tsp Salt
Enough oil To Shallow fry

Instructions

Take a big and deep vessel and add flour,oil and salt. Mix everything very well.
Add water to make a medium soft dough. Cover the dough with a moist cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Now make medium size ball from the dough
Dust the dough ball and roll to make a medium thick roti/disc
In a small bowl take 3 tbsp of cooking oil and add 2 tbsp of flour and mix well.
Now apply 1.5 tsp of this oil and flour mixture over the rolled roti /disc.
Fold the roti the way we make a paper fan or pleat a saree.
When completely folded, slightly stretch the folded dough and pull it lengthwise to give it a slight stretch.
Now roll it to make a circle.
Dust it with some dry flour and roll it gently to make paratha of medium thickness ,don’t roll it too thin,it should be medium thick
Now put the rolled paratha on a medium hot tawa/griddle and cook for a minute.
turn the side and cook till few brown spot appears on it.. Apply some oil or ghee all over the paratha and flip the side.
Press paratha with a spatula and cook till it become golden in colour.. Repeat the same process with other side too.
Remove from the tawa/griddle and crush it slightly from the sides with your hands or use a cloth
Serve hot with any curry of your choice.