Aloo Paratha

Ingredients

300gms flour sufficient water to make the dough
salt to taste
5 to 6 medium sized potatoes
2tbsp fresh coriander leaves (finely chopped)
4 to 5 green chillies (finely chopped)
4 to 5 flakes of garlic (crushed)
1-inch piece of ginger (crushed)
1tsp cumin seeds juice of one lemon
1/2 cop oil,
ghee or butter

Directions

1. Knead a semi-soft dough with wheat flour,sufficient water and salt to taste.
2. Boil the potatoes and mash them when still hot.
3. Add finely chopped coriander leaves,green chillies,crushen garlic and ginger,cumin seeds,lime juice and salt to taste.
4. Mix well.Divide the potato mixture into equal rounds.
5. Similarly do the sames with the dough.Roll out the portion of the dough into a small chapati,spread a tsp of oil evenly on the rolled out chapati,place a portion of the potato mixture in the centre of the chapati.
6. Gather the edges to make a round flat peda. Lightly dust the surface with flour and roll out the peda into six-inch parathas.
7. On a hot griddle roast both sides of the paratha till they turn a shade of golden.
8. Grease with ghee,oil or butter.
9. Serve hot with plain curds,slices of onions and tomatoes,green chillies,lemon wedges,green mint chutney and mango pickle.

How to make Chola Batura

Ingredients

For Chola

1 cup Chola

Salt to taste

1/2 Zeera

2 piece Kadi Patta

1 Onion (1/2 thinly slized and 1/2 to make paste)

1/8 piece of Ginger, 3 cloves of Garlic (add more or less to your taste, mince them)

1 tsp Garam Masala

1/2 big size Tomato and 2 tbsp Tomato Puree (or, 3/4 tomato)

1/4 tsp each Haldi, Mirchi, Dhaniya powder

1 tsp Chola Masala

For Onion Paste

1/2 Onion

2 Red Chillies

Small piece of Cinnamon

3/4 piece Cloves

2 piece Elaichi

Method of preparation:

Let chola soak in water overnight. Next day pressure cook with salt to taste and 1 packet of tea (from 100 pack we get in USA), or put little tea-leaves, we get in India and wrap it in a cloth. This will change the color of chola to black. In a pan, in little oil, add Zeera, Kadi Patta. Then add 1/2 thinly slized onion. Fry till golden brown. Then add minced garlic and ginger paste. Then add onion paste. Fry till oil comes out. Then add tomato and tomato puree. Add haldi, mirchi, dhaniya and chola masala. When masala is done, add chola and little water. Check salt. Let cook for few minutes. Garnish with chopped onion.

Ingredients For Batura

1 cup Maida

1/4 cup Atta

Salt to taste

(1/4 tsp)2 tsp Oil

3 tbs Curd

Method of preparation:

Add maida and atta. Add salt and the add oil. Mix with hand, till you can make balls from atta. Mix dahi. Mix very well. Add enough water to make atta dough. Put the dough in a plastic bag. Roll the bag to remove any air and tie it. Let stand atleast for 6 hours.(You can do it when you put chola in water, previous night). Heat the oil and make big size poories (batura). Eat with chola. Enjoy with Imli Chutney.

Hi I am Rajeesh

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