Pudina or mint is an herb is a plant whose leaves, seeds, or flowers are used for flavoring food or in medicine. Mint is considered as important element in fighting against cancer. Pudina paratha is common way to extract the benefits of pudina. Pudina is mainly available in winter season and it can be even preserved for rest of the time.

Pudina paratha is loved by old aged people as pudina paratha is dish that is popular from many years.

Ingredients of Pudina Paratha
Take 3 cups of wheat flour, 1 cup full of pudina leaves ensure that they are fresh, if making in winter season. Take ghee for cooking paratha or use cooking oil.

Process for cooking pudina paratha

• Sieve the wheat flour properly. Add dry mint leaves to the flour and form the soft dough using water. Add salt according to the taste.
• Roll the small balls of dough with rolling pin. Be carefully about the fact that it does not tear off.
• Cook the paratha on moderate flame and turn each until they get light brown.
• Serve them with curd or curry of your choice.

Dough should be little firm for making pudina paratha and its better to prepare the dough 15 min before cooking paratha.

Pudina is cheaply available in market and pudina paratha is too common Indian dish. During summer you can choose dry pudina leaves available in the market or simply preserve fresh pudina. Pudina can be preserved to use as spice in many dishes and even for making pudina paratha. Let the fresh pudina leaves dry in the sunlight and use the dried leaves in future. This way you can help your children in eating pudina in their food. Thus pudina is slightly bitter in taste. For daily assumption it’s better to plant pudina in your home garden.

Pudina act as antiseptic and prevents the growth of germs and virus in the body of person. Pudina provides warmness to the body and thus pudina paratha is beneficial for old people during intensive cold season. It is better to use pudina leaves in your food or cook pudina paratha during winter season rather than to take medicine that involves some percentage of mint oil.

Thus enjoy pudina paratha during low temperature and remain healthy throughout the season. Pudina paratha can be made at home or you can order it from some Indian style hotel.

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