This 1 trick makes parathas insanely delicious
Unlock the trick for delicious parathas! Forget potato—our secret filling with roasted gram dal & spices makes the crispiest, most flavourful paratha ever.
Ingredients
For the filling:
- 1 Cup of Roasted gram dal
- 1 tsp of chat masala
- 1 tsp of coriander powder or whole coriander seeds, lightly heated
- Salt to taste
- 4 Roasted Green Chilli Less Spicy
- 3 Roasted Green Chilli Spicy
- 1/2 tsp of roasted cumin seeds
- 9-10 roasted garlic cloves
- 1/2 inch of ginger roasted, thinly sliced
- mint leaves optional
- A handful of coriander leaves including thin stems
- 20-25 curry leaves
Wheat flour dough
Oil, butter, or ghee for cooking
Instructions
- In a mixer grinder, combine the roasted gram dal, chat masala, coriander powder, and salt. Grind the mixture once.
- Add the roasted green chillies, roasted cumin seeds, roasted garlic cloves, and roasted thinly sliced ginger to the mixture.
- Add the mint leaves, coriander leaves, and curry leaves.
- Grind everything together until it's well combined and crumbly.
- Take small portions of the filling and shape them into balls.
- Take a ball of wheat flour dough and make a cup shape with it.
- Place a filling ball inside the cup-shaped dough.
- Close the dough around the filling, sealing it completely.
- Dust your rolling surface with wheat flour.
- Gently roll out the paratha evenly.
- Heat a griddle and add oil, butter, or ghee.
- Place the paratha on the hot griddle.
- Cook on medium flame until golden brown and crispy, flipping once.
- Serve the parathas with chutney or tomato sauce.