Beetroot Paratha Recipe, Beetroot Roti
A simple few ingredient stuffed paratha with beetroot stuffing cooked with very few ingredients...
Ingredients
For the stuffing:
- 2 beetroots grated
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 vertically slit green chillies
- salt - to taste
- ½ teaspoon black pepper corn powder
For the paratha dough:
- 1 ½ cups wheat flour
- salt - to taste
- a pinch of carom seeds/ajwain optional
- water to knead the dough
Other ingredients:
- oil/butter/ghee to apply all over the paratha
Instructions
Make the stuffing:
- In a fry pan, add oil and heat it.
- Add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter.
- Add green chillies and saute for few seconds.
- Add grated beetroot, saute for few seconds.
- Cook for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
- Add salt and black pepper powder.
- Mix and cook for another 4-5 minutes on low flame.
- Stuffing is ready.
Prepare the dough:
- In a mixing bowl, add wheat flour.
- Add salt and mix.
- Add carom seeds/ajwain as an optional ingredient, mix well.
- Add water and knead the dough.
- Make a soft dough.
- Cover the dough and rest it aside for 15-20 minutes.
- After resting, mix the dough well.
- Take a medium size dough ball.
- Roll it out into a very small circle.
- Fill a teaspoon of stuffing at the centre.
- Gather all the sides towards the centre.
- Seal it tightly.
- Dust some flour on the rolling pin.
- Flatten the paratha into small circular shapes.
- Heat the tawa/gridle and place the paratha.
- Cook the down side for few seconds.
- Apply oil/butter over the paratha and flip.
- Apply oil/butter on the other side too.
- Cook both the sides of the paratha very well.
- Take them out and serve hot with pickle/yogurt/raita/chutney.
Notes
1.A paratha is always finished by applying lots of ghee/butter/oil all over it in a traditional punjabi way...
2.Oil can be avoided if we are going for a more healthier option.
2.Oil can be avoided if we are going for a more healthier option.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Beetroot Paratha Recipe, Beetroot Roti
Amount Per Serving
Calories 200
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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