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Aloo Paratha Recipe | How to make Aloo Paratha in easy steps

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

For Stuffing

  • 3 Potatoes
  • 1/4 tsp Turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp Chilli Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
  • 1/2 tbsp Chopped Chilies
  • 1/2 tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves
  • 1 tsp Salt

For Dough

  • 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 cup Water
  • 3-4 tbsp Ghee (for frying)

Instructions

How to Prepare Stuffing

  • Wash and boil the potatoes. Here I have steamed the potatoes for 5mins in a rice cooker.
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  • Peel the skin and keep aside.
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  • Mash the potatoes without any lumps.
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  • Add turmeric, chili powder, garam masala, chopped coriander leaves, chopped green chilies, and salt. 
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  • Mix all the ingredients very well.
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  • Take a small portion of the potato and make small lemon size balls.
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How to Prepare Dough

  • Take a cup of whole wheat flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
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  • Add water little by little and knead the dough.
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  • Make a soft dough and keep it aside for 10-15mins.
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How to prepare paratha

  •  Now take a big lemon size dough.
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  • Dust the dough with wheat flour and roll it circularly for about 5inches diameter by using a rolling pin.
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  • Now place the earlier prepared potato ball at the middle. 
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  • Start covering the potato ball with the dough by combining all the edges.
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  • Stick all the edges and remove the excess dough. Carefully stick all the edges else there are chances of spilling out the stuff while rolling.
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  • Nicely make the dough to round and dust it with wheat flour.
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  • Start rolling the dough circularly, first with the hand to some extent to evenly spread the aloo stuffing.
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  • Now start rolling with the pin and make the paratha. If necessary, dust the flour now and then to avoid sticking off the dough. 
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  • When the pan is sizzling hot, place the prepared paratha. 
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  • After a minute paratha starts to puff up slightly. 
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  • Apply ghee on the paratha.
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  • Flip the paratha and apply little more ghee on the other side.
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  • Fry the paratha on both sides till golden brown. 
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  • Aloo paratha is ready. Serve hot with butter, mixed veg pickle or lemon pickle or Curd.
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