Dhal paratha is one of the yummy healthy paratha recipe. It is nothing but the stuffed roti in which the stuffing is prepared using moong dhal.
The preparation of this paratha is very easy if we know the tricks
of rolling.
This paratha doesn’t need any special side dishes, just pickles and curd itself
are the awesome pair of this paratha.
And once more important thing is in this paratha, we haven’t added garlic and onion. So it is perfect o have in fasting days too.
Ok now coming to the recipe.
DHAL PARATHA
SOAKING TIME: 1 HR | PREPARATION TIME: 10 mins | COOKING TIME: 30 mins
AUTHOR: KUZHALIS SAMAIYALARAI
RECIPE TYPE: MAIN
CUISINE: NORTH INDIAN
YIELDS: 6 PARATHAS
INGREDIENTS:
VIDEO RECIPE LINK:
PREPARATION:
Wash and soak the moong dhal in water for 1 hour.
FinelyChop the green chillies, coriander leaves and grate the ginger and keep it ready.
Coarsely grind the ajwain, fennel seed and coriander seeds separately nad keep it ready.
METHOD:
Take the wheat flour in abowl.
Add salt and oil and mix well.
Then add water little by little and knead the dough.
Let the prepared dough to rest for minimum 30 minutes
Drain the water from the dhal completely.
Add the red chilli powder, salt with the moong dhal and grind into coarse paste with out adding water.
Just give few pulses in the mixer grinder, don’t make it as smooth paste.
In a pan add oil and let it heat.
Add the coarsely ground ajwain, fennel seeds and coriander seeds one by one.
Sauté for few seconds.
Then add the finely chopped green chillies and grated ginger.
Sauté for few seconds.
Then add the ground dhal paste.
Saute well in low medium flame.
Add the turmeric powder and cumin powder.
Sauté well till the dhal is cooked and becomes crumble.
Once the dhal is almost cooked and water content is almost dried off, add the mint powder and garam masala powder.
Mix well.
Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
Now our dhal stuffing is ready.
Make equal sized balls out of the kneaded wheat dough.
Roll and smoothen the balls with out any cracks.
Dust with flour and flatten the ball alittle using the chapathi roller.
Press the edges with the finger nad make the edges into vey thin.
Place the prepared dhal stuffing and close the stuffing with the dough.
Slightly flatten the stuffed balls with fingers to make the stuffing to spread evenly.
Then use the roller and carefully roll and make the thin parathas as much as we can without getting the stuffing comes outside.
Heat the dosa tawa and then place the place the prepared paratha.
Flip and let the paratha to cook on both sides.
Once the spots starts coming, spread some oil on both the sides on paratha and let it cook.
Press the paratha all over using a ladle and let it cook. Flip in between fro even cooking.
Once the paratha is cooked, remove from heat and serve hot with pickles and curd.
NOTES:
1. For this amount of moong dhal, we can make around 6 parathas.
And for 1 cup of flour approximately 4 parathas can be prepared.
2. You can even add coriander powder too if you like
3. In addition we can add chat masala too for addtional taste and flavour.
4. To use the moong dhal immediately, you can soak the mong dhal in hot water for 5-10 minutes.
5. Adjust the red chilli powder as per the spiciness required.
6. Adding salt while grinding the moong dhal will help for easy blending.
VIDEO RECIPE:
STEP BY STEP PHOTOS:
Wash and soak the moong dhal in water for 1 hour.
Finely Chop the green chillies, coriander leaves and grate the ginger and keep it ready.
Coarsely grind the ajwain, fennel seed and coriander seeds separately nad keep it ready.
Take the wheat flour in a bowl.
Add salt and oil and mix well.
Then add water little by little and knead the dough.
Let the prepared dough to rest for minimum 30 minutes
Add the red chilli powder, salt with the moong dhal and grind into coarse paste with out adding water.
Just give few pulses in the mixer grinder, don’t make it as smooth paste.
In a pan add oil and let it heat.
Add the coarsely ground ajwain, fennel seeds and coriander seeds one by one.
Sauté for few seconds.
Then add the finely chopped green chillies and grated ginger.
Sauté for few seconds.
Then add the ground dhal paste.
Saute well in low medium flame.
Add the turmeric powder and cumin powder.
Sauté well till the dhal is cooked and becomes crumble.
Once the dhal is almost cooked and water content is almost dried off, add the mint powder and garam masala powder.
Mix well.
Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and mix well.
Now our dhal stuffing is ready.
Make equal sized balls out of the kneaded wheat dough.
Roll and smoothen the balls with out any cracks.
Dust with flour and flatten the ball a little using the chapathi roller.
Press the edges with the finger and make the edges into very thin.
Place the prepared dhal stuffing and close the stuffing with the dough.
Slightly flatten the stuffed balls with fingers to make the stuffing to spread evenly.
Then use the roller and carefully roll and make the thin parathas as much as we can without getting the stuffing comes outside.
Heat the dosa tawa and then place the place the prepared paratha.
Flip and let the paratha to cook on both sides.
Once the spots starts coming, spread some oil on both the sides on paratha and let it cook.
Press the paratha all over using a ladle and let it cook. Flip in between fro even cooking.
Once the paratha is cooked, remove from heat and serve hot with pickles and curd.
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