Methi Paratha

Ingredients

For dough

• 4 cups wheat flour
• salt to taste
• water

Directions to Prepare

Mix the dough well and keep it aside for 20mins -30mins.

For making the stuff

• bunch of methi/fenugreek leaves(finely chopped)
• 2 green chillies(finely chopped)
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• 1tsp oil
• salt to taste
• butter/ghee(optional)

Directions to Cook

• Wash the methi leaves thoroughly with water.
• Chop the leaves finely.
• Heat oil in kadai,add mustard seeds,cumin seeds and leave it till the mustard seeds cracle.
• Add the chopped methi leaves,ginger garlic paste,green chillies and saute.
• Cover with a lid and allow it to cook in their own water for 10 mins till it becomes soft.Stir in between.
• Add salt,coriander powder,chilli powder,turmeric powder and mix well.
• Allow it to cook for some more time until the water is completely evaporated.
• To make the paratha.Take the chapathi dough and make it into medium size dumplings.
• Roll the dough into round size.Ensure that the edges are thin while the middle portion is thick.
• Now take the stuffing and keep it in the middle of the roll and close the edge to make it into a dumpling.
• Roll the dumpling again to spread the stuff evenly.Similar to a thick pizza crust/roti.
• Put the roll/paratha on the pan and cook it.
• Add little ghee/butter on both sides of paratha.
• Serve hot with any sour pickle and curd.

Tip

If you don't feel like having time/if you feel you are not good in making a stuffes paratha,then knead all the raw ingredients along with the wheat flour and make it to a paratha.

But,trust me stuffed parathas tastes good compared to the paratha that is made by mixing the methi in the dough.