Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, aloo paratha / spicy potato stuffed indian flatbread. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Aloo Paratha is a potato stuffed flatbread that is a popular dish in India. I was inspired to make this because I wanted to make something a little unique using leftover mashed potato I had from making Shepherd's Pie Potato Skins (yet again…. With mashed potatoes, finely chopped onions, spices and masalas to perk up the flavor profile, it is filled with everything The trick to making soft layers of aloo paratha is kneading the dough to right consistency.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have aloo paratha / spicy potato stuffed indian flatbread using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Aloo Paratha / Spicy Potato Stuffed Indian Flatbread:
- Make ready Dough:
- Prepare 125 g all-purpose or plain flour
- Take 100 ml water, plus a bit more if needed
- Take 1 pinch salt
- Take 1 tsp olive or veg. oil
- Prepare —-
- Take Filling:
- Get 300 g potatoes, boiled and mashed
- Get 1/4 onion, minced
- Make ready 3 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro/coriander
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Take to taste salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Take 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- Take 1/4 tsp ground cumin
- Prepare 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Get 1/2 green chili, finely chopped (optional for extra spice!)
- Make ready Oil for brushing
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Steps to make Aloo Paratha / Spicy Potato Stuffed Indian Flatbread:
- Make the dough: Mix flour, salt and oil in a bowl. Gradually add water and knead for about 5-10 minutes until you have a smooth dough. (if it's too sticky add a little flour, if too dry add a little water)
- Put dough in a bowl, cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Make the filling: Add all the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix together well. Divide into 6 portions.
- Stuff the dough: Divide dough into 6 portions and roll into balls. On a floured board/surface, roll each ball into a 10 cm (4 in) circle.
- Put one portion of the filling mixture into the center of each ball. Fold the edges of the dough toward the center and seal it so the potato mixture is contained inside.
- Carefully press and roll each filled dough ball into a 15 cm (6 in) round flatbread. Just be careful not to roll to thin that the filling comes out!
- Heat a frying pan on medium heat. When ready to fry the paratha, brush one side with oil and put it in the pan. Brush the top with oil too.
- Fry the parathas in batches until both sides have browned spots on them (you need to flip over while frying). Serve with yoghurt!
Theme for this week is stuffed food and the first recipe is a staple North Indian flatbread, aloo paratha. A spicy potato fill stuffed in paratha dough, rolled and cooked with some. Aloo Paratha is basically paratha (flat bread) stuffed with aloo (mashed potatoes). If you love Indian food, it is quite likely that you love Indian flatbreads The humble aloo paratha makes and awesome Indian breakfast, clubbed with some tamarind chutney, achaar (Indian spicy pickle) or raita (a yogurt. Aloo Paratha- Indian potato Filled flatbread prepared using wholewheat flour & a spicy potato filling.
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