Paratha Recipe

As I'm sure you know by now, we make a lot of Indian food in our house. This means we need to have rice and roti (Indian bread) on hand. Typically, I will buy a huge bag of parathas and keep them in my freezer. While they are extremely delicious, I decided we needed some homemade, fresh from the skillet parathas around here! I posted this recipe a few years ago and decided to update it. This is a great recipe because you can tailer it to your specific tastes. It's a very forgiving dough and you can see where your imagination takes you. Ingredients:2 1/2 cups of whole wheat flourWarm water2 tsp oil1 tsp salt1 tbs garam masala1 1/2 tsp fenugreek leavesDirections:Pour all of your dry ingredients into a bowl. Mix them, add your oil, and slowly add your water until all of the dry ingredients come together. The stickier your dough, the more moist your parathas will be. Make sure you don't make it too sticky, otherwise it will be too hard to work with. Knead your dough for two minutes and then set it aside for twenty minutes.Pinch off a chunk of the dough and roll it into a ball. It should be about the size of a golf ball.Roll out your dough to about half an inch thick. Brush the top with oil and sprinkle with flour. Cut a small slit in your dough.Roll your dough like shown in the picture. This by no means needs to look nice or be perfect.Place the tip of this in your palm or on the counter and press down to flatten.Roll your dough out one more time.Heat a pan on medium high heat, add a small amount of oil, and fry up your parathas. Cook them until they turn golden brown or start to bubble.These are delicious, flaky, and make your mouth water as you begin to smell them! Serve this with butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, chicken curry, or any other Indian dish. I turned my back for one minute and already found bit marks from  my little boys.

Chapatis

What are a few staples in your meals throughout the week? 

 

I make a lot of rice, bread, and vegetables. Every one of my meals has one of those incorporated in. It always helps on those less creative evenings. Instead of having to think up a unique side dish, I can pull out one of the staples. I also know my whole family likes all three of those. 

 

What are the staples in Indian meals?

 

They use a lot of rice, roti (bread), and lentil dishes. I don't think I've ever had an Indian meal without one of those things. 

 

Today, I’m going to share a little secret with you. I’m going to give you the roti recipe!!! Roti simply means bread. A few types are naan, chapatis, parathas, etc. 

Ingredients:

 

1 cup of flour

1/3 cup warm water

2 tbs oil

 

Directions:

 Mix all of your ingredients together. The dough should be a little sticky. Sprinkle a bit of flour on your surface and rolling pin. Pinch off a bit of dough and roll it out to about 1/4 of an inch. 

 

Heat a pan to medium high heat. Add a bit of butter and fry your chapati. Add butter and flip when golden brown spots start to appear on the bottom. 

 

You can make these to you or your family's preference. If you'd like them to be more moist, add a bit of water. You can also decide how thick you'd like them to be. 

 

These are traditionally made with whole wheat flour, but my family likes white flour best. 

 

You can serve these with chicken tikka masala, chicken curry, lentil dishes, etc. 

 

Enjoy!