Aloo Paratha – Stuffed Indian Flatbread with Cooked Potato Filling

Aloo Paratha – Stuffed Indian Flatbread with Cooked Potato Filling

Aloo Paratha or Potato Paratha is an Indian flatbread that is rolled out, stuffed with a potato filling, folded into a little dumpling and then rolled out again to give you a stuffed flatbread. This is a hugely popular breakfast or anytime dish throughout the homes in Northern India. It enjoys popularity in western countries as well. Great for kids lunch boxes! Wholewheat flour is used and you can replace the stuffing with other vegetables like beets, cauliflower, peas or Indian Cottage Cheese (Paneer). Watch the video or get the full recipe below.

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Aloo Paratha

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How to make Aloo Paratha – Recipe at a glance:

• Cook potato and make the filling. Cook the potato filling with onion, garlic and spices.
• Make the dough and roll out into disks.
• Place filling in the centre and roll out.
• Pan fry till the paratha is cooked.

Stepwise pictures:

• Cook the potato filling first. Peel the potatoes.  Set aside.

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Now  for the Paratha/ Chapathi

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•   The dough shouldn’t be sticky. That’s why you must only add the cool water a little at a time. If you have added too much water and the dough is sticky, just sprinkle a little flour till you are able to knead to a soft smooth dough

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• Applying too much pressure will cause the filling to squirt out. Although it’s fine for a little filling to be exposed, we don’t want it jumping out in the initial rolling. This will make it difficult as your rolling pin and board may get stuffing on it making the consecutive parathas harder to roll out smoothly.

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Ingredients:

For the Paratha:

• 3 cups whole wheat flour (Aata)
• 1½ Tbsp clarified butter (ghee)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup hot water
• ½ cup – ¾ cup plain water (AS NEEDED)

For the Aloo filling:

• 4 large russet potatoes
• 1 cup onion, finely chopped
• ½ cup garlic, finely minced
• 1 long green chilli, seeded and chopped finely
• large handful of coriander leaves, chopped very finely
• optional 3 curry leaves, chopped finely
• ½ tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 Tbsp coriander powder
• 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• salt to taste ( ¼ -½ tsp)

You will need a rolling pin, board for rolling ( or use countertop) and a flat grill pan (tawa). Click for recipe instructions below.

It is recommended that you open the recipe page and keep this page going if you like to WATCH / LISTEN to the video alongside the written instructions.

Key Ingredients: Wheat flour, Ghee, Water, Potato, Onion , Garlic, Green Chilli, Coriander leaves, Spices, Curry leaves.

EAT AND TELL!!! Let us know if you tried – Aloo Paratha