Winter brings many vegetables with it but some of the vegetable are enjoyed annually like spinach. Spinach is good source of iron and calcium. When spinach is fresh it has more nutritional value thus fresh spinach vegetable is used in many recipe. In many recipe spinach is boiled and even stemmed so that its nutritional value remains in the food. It is a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, magnesium, and several vital antioxidants. Spinach Paratha is one of the common and easily made food item in home. Spinach paratha is better way to add taste to the healthy and rich food.

Preparation required before cooking Spinach Paratha

• Prepare the soft dough by adding wheat flour, water and pinch of salt.
• Prepare the mixture for filling in the paratha by ingredients: 2 cups of chopped spinach, ¼ teaspoon of salt, ½ teaspoon of jeera seeds, 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes.fry the ingredients in non stick pan by adding small amount of oil and jeera seeds. Allow the mixture to get cool for 10 minutes before filling it.
• Take amount of cooking oil or ghee and ¼ cup of wheat flour for rolling.

Cook the spinach paratha

• Make small balls of dough and place them on some greasy surface to make them soft and pliable. Flat the balls of dough in round shape and do not allow them to stick. Paratha sticks to the rolling surface, lightly dust the paratha with dry flour.
• Fill the mixture in center of two plates of dough and stick them so that mixture does not come out while cooking.
• Heat the medium size pan and then add oil to it. See the fumes coming out of it then place the paratha for cooking.
• Add the oil to both the sides of paratha one by one and cook it until it gets golden brown in color.

How to serve Spinach Paratha
Serve spinach paratha by applying butter on it when they it is hot. Curd is good option to be served with spinach paratha. Indians like spinach paratha when served with some pickle or green chilly chutney.If you want to preserve them for 2 days for eating or take they with you in your journey wrap them in aluminum foils. Thus spinach paratha could be safe for eating after 2 days.

Thus choose spinach paratha in your breakfast, dinner or lunch and fulfill the demand of your body vitamins.

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