Mixed Vegetable Paratha

Mixed Vegetable Paratha this is my recipe for this month Blogging Marathon for flat bread theme. Usually aloo paratha is my all time favorite but when I tried this mixed vegetable paratha, I liked the mixed flavors of the all vegetables. This will be a healthy option for breakfast and also a whole meal when you serve this with a dal, pickle and curd. With boiled and mashed potato you can mix vegetables like finely chopped or grated cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, finely chopped beans, capsicum, you can mix a cup of finely chopped greens also. Here in this recipe I used cabbage, carrot and capsicum along with boiled potato. I made the dough with a mix of wheat flour and maida you can use only wheat flour

Lrt's check the recipe....

INGREDIENTS:---

Onion  ---  1 finely chopped

Cabbage  ---  1/2 cup finely chopped

Carrot  ---  1/2 cup grated

Capsicum --  1/4 cup finely chopped

Potato --- boiled, peeled and mashed

Coriander leaves --- 2 tab sps finely chopped

Green chillies  ---  3 finely chopped

Ginger  ---  1 tea sp finely chopped

Oil  -- 1 tab sp

Cumin seeds --- 1/2 tea sp

chilli powder --  1/2 tea sp

Dry mango powder  -- 1/2 tea sp

Garam masala powder  ---  1/3 tea sp 

Salt to taste

FOR DOUGH:--

Whole wheat flour :--  1 cup

Maida (all purpose flour)  ---  3/4 cup

Oil  -- 2 tea sp

Salt to taste

Plain flour for dusting

Oil  or butter for cooking the parathas

METHOD:--

1. Combine the ingredients for the dough, mix well add enough water and knead in to soft dough. place this dough in a bowl cover with a kitchen towel and set aside.

FOR STUFFING:---

1. Heat oil in a pan add cumin seeds let them crackle, then add chopped ginger,green chillis fry for a while then add chopped onion cook on a medium flame for a minute.

2. Now add chopped cabbage sprinkle 2 tab sp water a pinch of salt mix well cover with a lide and cook till cabbage is half done then add grated carrot mix well cover and cook for two minutes in a low heat.

3. After two minutes open the lid and add finely chopped capsicum mix well and cook for a minute.

4. Then add boiled and mashed potato mix well to combine every thing.

5. Add chilli powder, dry mango powder, garam masala, chopped coriander, salt to taste mix well and cook for one minute.

Now will start making the parathas...

1. Divide the dough and stuffing in to equal portions.

2. Roll the dough portion like a small puri, place one portion of stuffinf in the middle of the puri and bring together all the sides to the center and seal tightly.

3. Now roll this stuffed dough in to 6 inch diameter thick circle.

4. Heat a tava and place the paratha on it  and cook in a medium geat applying oil or butter both sides and cook till golden both sides.

Serve hot with pickle, curd..

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