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Mooli Paratha ,How to Make Mooli Paratha

Mooli Paratha- Indian style flat bread stuffed with Daikon Radish
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Main Course, Roti,paratha,poori ,Breads
Cuisine: Punjabi Cuisine
Keyword: mooli paratha, paratha, Radish
Servings: 3 people
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

  • 3 cup Whole Wheat Flour / Atta
  • 1/2 cup Gram flour / Besan
  • 5 cup Radish/ Mooli grated
  • 1/2 cup Radish Leaves / Mooli ke patte chopped
  • 1.5 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
  • 1.5 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander Powder / Dhaniya Powder
  • 1 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Carom Seeds / Ajwain
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • Salt / Namak to taste
  • Cooking Oil to shallow fry

Instructions

  • Scrape or peel the raddish and then grate it,apply 1/4 tsp salt and keep aside for 10 minutes.
  • Now squeeze the grated raddish to remove all the water
  • Collect the water ,which you have squeezed from the raddish and keep aside (A)
  • Now finely chop the tender leaves of raddish and add in the grated raddish.(if you don't have raddish leaves then can also use chopped coriander)
  • Add green chilies, chili powder, coriander powder and mango powder in it and mix
  • In a big and wide bowl add wheat flour, gram flour,2 tbsp. of oil, ajwain, salt and asafoetida and mix well
  • Add the squeezed water (A) and knead to make a soft dough,can add some plain water if needed
  • Cover and rest the dough for 10 minutes
  • Make equal size balls from the dough
  • Dust a dough ball with wheat flour/atta and roll it slightly
  • Now put about 1.5 tbsp of raddish mixture in the center
  • Collect the rolled disc from all the sides and make a neat ball
  • Dust with wheat flour and gently roll to make a paratha/disc of medium thickness
  • Transfer the rolled paratha on a medium hot tawa/griddle and slightly cook from both the sides
  • Now apply some oil and cook from both the sides by gently pressing with a spatula till golden and crisp
  • Serve hot with butter, green chutney, tomato chutney or spinach raita.

Method 2

  • If you are still facing difficulty in rolling the paratha perfectly, or if the raddish is too watery then you can try this method
  • Follow the above recipe till step-4
  • Heat 1 tsp oil in a heavy pan and add 1/4 tsp of ajwain/carom seeds in it.
  • Then add chopped green chilies and the grated and squeezed raddish.
  • Stir fry the raddish on high heat for 2-3 minutes.
  • Add chili powder, coriander powder and mango powder and stir.
  • Now spread this mixture in a big plate and let it cool down completely.
  • Now add chopped green coriander or raddish leaves and mix.
  • Now follow the above mentioned recipe from step 6-16