Broccoli paneer paratha
Broccoli Paneer Paratha- a healthy paratha stuffed with broccoli and cottage cheese mix
Servings: 3 Person
Ingredients
- 2 cup Whole Wheat Flour / Atta
- 1 tsp Salt / Namak
- pinch Carom Seeds / Ajwain
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee
stuffing
- 1 cup Broccoli grated
- 3/4 cup Cottage cheese / Paneer grated
- 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
- 1 tsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
- 1 tsp Chaat Masala
- to taste Salt / Namak
- 1 tsp Chili flakes /Kuti hui laal mirch
- oil or ghee for frying
Instructions
- Take wheat flour in a bowl and add salt, oil and pinch ajwain and mix, now add enough water and make a soft dough (you may need around 1/2 cup of water)
- Cover and let the dough rest for 10 minutes.
- Wash the broccoli head and check for worms etc. and then grated with a medium thick grater.
- Grate the paneer and ginger and finely chop green chilies and fresh coriander , you can skip chilies if making for kids.
- Instead of paneer you can add potatoes or cheese with broccoli
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a heavy bottom pan and add 1 tsp cumin in it, now add the grated broccoli and salt in it and stir fry on high heat for a minute.
- Switch off the heat and add all the powder spices and the mashed paneer/ potato in it and mix.
- Spread the mixture in a plate to cool down quickly.
- Make equal size small balls from the dough and keep them covered with a cloth or plate.
- Take a dough ball , dust with dry flour and roll slightly and stuff with 2 tbsp of stuffing and close the ball neatly.
- flatten the ball using your fingers and then gently roll to make a medium thick paratha.
- Heat tawa on medium heat and transfer the paratha on it and let it roast from both the sides to a nice golden colour.
- Apply ghee or oil on both sides and roast by pressing with a spatula ,cook until it become golden and crisp from both sides.
- Serve hot crisp paratha with chutney, pickle and curd.