The Tasty Tasty Aaloo Parata @ home

I love aaloo parata. I have not seen a single person who don't like aaloo parata in my friends circle. So here is the simple steps to make tasty aaloo parata.

Things you require to prepare aaloo parata is as below.

S. No	Items Required	Quantity
1	Whole wheat/aatta	2 cups
2	Water	1 1/4 cups
3	Salt	as required
4	aaloo	3
5	Green chilli	2
6	Coriander leaves	handful (finely chopped)
7	fennel seeds	1 tsp
8	Cumin Powder	1/2 tsp
9	Coriander powder	1 tsp
10	Salt	as required

Make soft dough same as for chapathi. For more details refer to my post "Beginners guide :- How to knead the perfect dough for chapathi". Make balls of dough similar to the size of a lemon and keep aside.

Pressure cook the potatos until smooth and peel off the skin and mash it in a bowl. Add finely chopped green chilly, salt, coriander leaves, fennal seeds, cumin powder and coriander powder to the mashed aaloo and mix well. Now your stuffing for the parata is ready.

Now take the small balls of dough and make a hole in the middle. Now fill the above stuffing in this and seal it properly. Roll it out very carefully and in between dip the parata to the extra wheat flour to avoid sticking. Make sure that the sealed part is always on the top.

Heat the tawa and keep the paratta on it. When you find small bubbles gets formed on the parata just turned it with the help of a stick and apply oil.

Press the parata with the stick and cook it till its done. Remove from tawa and place it in a kitchen tissue paper. 

Have this tasty aallo parata with curd, achar or sauce according to your taste. So girls, prepare this at home, eat healthy and save money. 

Tips:-

Don't fill too much stuffing in the dough.

Beginners guide :- How to knead the perfect dough for chapathi

I love chapathi's especially with chicken curry :) But i always hate the idea of making chapathi's just because I need to knead the dough. But after marriage there is no excuse of not making chapathi just because you are lazy and don't want to knead (he he) so here I am. My first attempt of kneading the aatta turned to such a bad experience that I couldn't make even one chapathi with that dough :D.

But now after many years of marriage, making dough is such an easy thing and part of my daily work. I just thought of sharing this post here to make life easier for the beginners.

Here I am giving the steps which does not require oil. If you are particular about putting oil in the dough then you can add it any time during the process.

S. No	Items Required	Quantity
1	Whole wheat/aatta	2 cups
2	Water	1 1/4 cups
3	Salt	as required

Mix aatta and salt in a wide mixing bowl.

Now pour little bit water and start mixing the dough. Keep adding water and keep kneading. Don't pour too much water at a time. Take your time and knead till all the flour comes together.

Now the tricky step is here. Wet your hands and knead the dough. Don't take too much of water else it will be difficult to knead and the dough will become sticky. If that happens add little more flour and knead. 

Now spread the dough with your hand and roll it back half. Now wet your hands again and knead it. Continue this till your dough becomes smooth and soft.

Now cover the dough with a lid or you can cover it with a cloth. Let it set for 30 minutes and you can make fluffy and round chapathi's/roti's now.

This is not a difficult task girls. Practice it and I am sure you will master it :) 

Tips:-

Add oil in the mix for making poori dough. For poori knead the dough with less water.