BREAD

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                                   Mooli paratha

Mooli paratha is a radish stuffed Indian stuffed bread. Parathas can be either stuffed or just plain. Stuffed parathas don’t need any accompaniment to go along with them whereas plain parathas are usually served with any gravy curry or dal

Serves – 1 to 2
Preparation time- 10 min
Standing Time- 15 mins
Cooking time- 30 mins
Ingredients:

For Dough :

• Whole Wheat Flour- 3/4 Cup +1 Tbsp for dusting
• Oil – 1 Tbsp
• Water- as required to make smooth but stiff dough.
• Salt – few pinches

Stuffing:

• Radish (Shredded) – 1 1/2 Cups
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Oil or ghee for frying parathas – as required.
• Garlic (grated) – 1/2 tsp
• Carom Seeds- 1/2 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder – to taste
• Salt – to taste
• Dry Shredded Coconut Powder- 2 Tbsp

Procedure: 

In a mixing bowl, add whole wheat flour, salt, oil, enough water mix well together and make a smooth and stiff ball. Smear the dough with few drops of oil and cover the dough  to rest for 15 mins.

In a bowl salt the radish and mix well and rest for 15 mins. After waiting time squeeze all the water from the radish and discard the water. Set it side.

In a pan heat up the oil, add ajwain, garlic, mix and cook for 15 secs, add radish and cook for 5 mins stirring this continuously so that the mixture fried up faster and evenly.

Add red chilli powder, salt, coconut powder mix well and turn off the heat . Remove the stuffing from the pan and set it aside.

Divide the dough into 4 dumplings, and divide the stuffing into 4 equal parts.

Roll the dumplings into 3 inch diameter circle and stuff them with the prepared stuffing, continue the same thing with the remaining dumpling.

Start rolling the stuffed dumplings into 6 inch diameter circle and fry the paratha in a iron skillet on both the sides using oil on both the sides of paratha until the paratha is evenly cooked with brown specs all over it. Repeat the same process for the remaining parathas.

Serve the parathas as is or with any pickle and yogurt.

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                                   Lachha Paratha 

The word ‘Laccha’ means layered and ‘paratha’ is a Indian flat bread. The name of the bread says it all that it has many layers and it will be crispy and flaky. This paratha goes well with any Curry or simple pickle and yogurt.

Serves – 3
Preparation time – 10 mins
Resting time – 1 hr
Cooking time – 30 mins
Ingredients:

• Whole Wheat Flour – 2 Cups
• Oil – 1/4 Cup
• Salt – 1/4 tsp
• Sugar – 1/2 tsp
• Whole Wheat Flour (for dusting and spreading on top of rolled paratha) – 1/4 Cup (approx)
• Warm Milk – less than 3/4 Cup

Process:

• In a mixing bowl add in flour, salt, sugar, 1 tsp oil and mix well till incorporated.
• Add milk little at a time and make a soft and pliable dough. Knead the dough for 10 mins.
• Grease with 1 tsp of oil all over the dough. Rest the dough for 1 hr.
• Divide the dough into 10 equal dumplings. Grease with 1 tsp oil and again cover and rest for 5 mins
• Take one of the dumpling and roll into 10 inch diameter thin roti. Spread 2 tsp of oil and 1/2 tsp dry four all over the rolled paratha.
• Make thin pleates and join them together. Make swirls and repeat the process with all the dumplings.
• Cover and rest the swirls for 5 mins.
• Then take one of the swirl and roll( if needed grease the rolling surface) into 4 inch diameter circle.
• Shallow fry the parathas on both the sides till golden in color on both the sides (use 1/2 tsp of oil for frying the parathas on each side)
• Serve immediately with curry and/ or yogurt, pickle.