After getting bored by chapattis, one wants a healthy and easy alternative instead of chapattis. Paratha is good alternative as chapatti. Paratha is a flatbread that is originated in South Asia. Basically it is made of flour. Thus accordingly it is made by frying ghee in the pan. During winter’s they are stuffed with vegetables like boiled potatoes, radishes, cauliflower and paneer.

Stuffed Paratha

Stuffed paratha is mainly served with pickle that adds to its taste. Sometimes the people served them with butter blog. A rolled stuffed paratha with tea is loved by the people during breakfast or supper. A stuffed is good source for all the vitamins as it contain wheat flour as well as fried vegetable. Thus onion and green chilly paratha is most common in case of stuffed parathas.

Size of onion paratha

Onion paratha could be square, triangular, round. There are two ways to make onion and green chilly paratha.

• Mixture of tiny pieces of onion and green chilly, is mixed with kneaded flour and roti is prepare out of it. Thus it is difficult to prepare fine roti out of it.
• Prepare two balls of kneaded flour and flatter them in circular shape and put the mixture between two circular flour discs. Close the end properly so that the mixture does not come out of it.

Step By Step Recipe of Onion and green Chilly Paratha

For cooking 4 onion paratha it takes 20 minutes.

1. Add 1 cup wheat flour and ¼ cup cooking rolled oats. Add 2 tablespoon of curd and some salt with sufficient water for making dough enough soft.

2. Prepare the mixture by adding 1 teaspoon of oil to non stick pan and pour some jeera seeds to it and allow them to crack. Add ½ cup of chopped onion and 1 cup of chopped green onion.  Take 1 teaspoon of each such as jeera seeds, ginger-green chili paste and finely chopped ginger. Add 1/2 teaspoon of oil and salt according to taste. Leave the mixture until it gets cool.

3. Add the mixture in between two plates of flour that can made by flattening the balls of dough. Place the mixture in the center of the plate. Seal them together so that mixture does not come out.

4. Add the cooking oil or ghee to the pan and cook the paratha on it. If from one side it gets cooked up then turn it for another side and check it so that is does not get overcooked.

Thus serve them hot with some pickle of your taste.

Tags: Onion and Green Chilly Paratha Recipe, Paratha Recipe, Stuffed Paratha