Friday, June 5, 2009

Special Parathas - A result of an experimental afternoon

I was hungry and also in a mood to experiment. So, I made these special parathas. Well, I enjoyed them and so did bro (A wasn't home to taste them). When you have a little time on your hands, try this recipe.

What you need:
  • Flour - 3 cups, preferably wheat flour (atta)
  • Curd - Thick, 1 cup
  • Onions - 2 medium, julienned (cut in thin strips)
  • Ginger - 1 inch-piece, finely chopped
  • Green chillies - 2, finely chopped
  • Nigella seeds (Kalonji/Mangraila) - 1 teaspoon
  • Carom seeds (Ajwain) - 1 teaspoon
  • Poppy seeds (khuskhus) - 1 teaspoon
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
  • Oil - 4-5 tablespoons
  • Salt - to taste
  • Water - for making the dough

What you do:
  1. Mix flour, curd, nigella seeds, carom seeds, salt and one tablespoon of oil with water to make a soft dough. (The soft dough makes good rotis and parathas while the hard dough makes good puris.) Keep the dough aside for half an hour.
  2. Soak the julienned onions in the milk for fifteen minutes.
  3. Strain the onions and deep-fry them in oil until it turns brown. Keep aside.
  4. Mix the fried onions with the ginger and the chillies. Add salt to the mixture.
  5. Make medium-size balls with the dough.
  6. Roll out a dough-ball with a rolling pin. Spread a portion of the onion mixture on it. Fold it again and roll it out the way you would roll out a lachcha paratha. Sprinkle a pinch of poppy seeds while rolling it.
  7. Cook the paratha on both sides with a little oil. Make all the parathas the same way.


Serve with sabji, dahi and achaar.

Note: If you plan to use the dough later, keep in in the fridge. If stored for long, the curd in the dough will spoil the dough.

8 comments:

Unknown said...

I love parathas and eat them almost 2 times a day I like your blog keep on sharing :)

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Anuradha Exwaized said...

Thanks. :)

Ankit Ashok said...

Hi,

I was just thinking of parathas when I opened your blog!
Have noted the recipe, will try it tonight.

Best of luck for your future experiments.

Sonia said...

Know what? I have recently started posting a few recipes on my blog and thought of posting "Pua" recipe since I made it the other day. However, since I was planning to put more recipes very typically from my region, I googled for a Bihari food blog and there I found this one.
Good blog here.Keep it up!

Anuradha Exwaized said...

Ankit, did you try the recipe?

Sonia, glad that you liked the blog. :) I checked yours and loved it. Why don't you start uploading pictures in your food posts. That will make your blog more attractive.

Anonymous said...

These look yum!! Will try it soon. It was nice to find a blog devoted to Bihari Khaana.:)

Lavanya

Sanjeev said...

Nice to see a blog on Bihari cuisine.Have recently started cooking,but the stuff in my parathas don't get an even spread. :(
Waiting to see posts on peetha and daal ki dulhan.
Please post more!

Anonymous said...

please blog again!