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Paratha Bread

A Paratha is a kind of bread which originated in India. Its main ingredients are whole wheat flour, ghee or vegetable oil, as well as several vegetables in case of stuffed paratha. A paratha can be eaten with pickles and yoghurt, but it goes best with thick spicy curries of meat and vegetables.

The paratha can be found in various shapes, such as round, square or triangular and all these shapes are equally popular. It originated in ancient Punjab, a province of India. However, it soon became popular all over South Asia and is now available in every South Asian region.

Indian immigrants took this dish to various places in Asia, such as Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore etc. This resulted in several variants, such as Roti Canai, Roti Prata, Palata, Htat Ta ya etc. The paratha is considered to be a special recipe. This is because of the substantially higher efforts, which is put into preparing it, in comparison to other options like rice and Roti. I was brought up on paratha and my love affair with paratha continues till this date. Today, before I have my lunch (Paratha of course!), I would love to share its recipe with you so that, those of you, who have still not experienced it, can enjoy it as well.

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup whole wheat flour
  • Extra flour
  • pinch salt and pepper
  • 2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • warm water
  • Vegetable oil

Preparation

  1. First of all, mix the flour, yoghurt, 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil, salt and pepper.
  2. After you have mixed all the ingredients properly, add some water to it and knead it form thick dough. In case if you have added more water than required, then you can add some more flour.
  3. Now apply flour to your hands properly and knead the dough, till it becomes non sticky.
  4. After you have kneaded the dough properly, divide the dough into four equal portions, and roll all these portions into the form of balls.
  5. Now, roll these balls to form rolled out dough. You can use a rolling pin, to flatten these.
  6. Now fold the rolled out dough into a quarter circle, roll into a ball and roll flat again and repeat this for a few times.
  7. After this, heat a heavy pan with about half an inch deep in oil to a medium heat and cook the paratha for about 2 minutes on each side until they bubble and turn golden.

Your Paratha bread is ready to serve. You can serve it with Kebabs, butter chicken or even pickle and yoghurt.

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