Masala Paneer Paratha

From a routine chappathi/ side dish wanted to have something different So made paneer stuffed paratha. It was awesome with pickle and boondhi raita. After this decided that every week we should have some stuffed paratha...

 

Ingredients:

For Stuffing

Grated Paneer - 1 Cup
Onion (Finely chopped) - 1/2 cup
Carrot (grated) - 1/2 cup
Tomato (Finely chopped) - 2 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli (Finely chopped) - 1 tbsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
Corriander leaves (chopped) - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp

For the dough

Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Water - 3/4 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp

 

How to make :

 

1. Heat the oil in a pan and add the onion and ginger garlic paste. Saute for 5 mins.

 

2. Add carrot, tomato, green chilli and saute for 2 mins. Add salt, chilli powder and garam masala.

 

3. Add the grated paneer and corriander leaves and mix well and remove from stove. The stuffing will be like this.

 

How to make the paratha:

 

1. Make a dough with flour, salt and water. Then add oil to make it soft. Knead it for atleast 10-12 mins to get a soft dough. Leave it for 15-20 mins (If you make the dough first and prepare the stuffing, it will be enough).

 

2. Make small dumplings of the stuffing and stuff in the dough and make round paratha.

 

3. Make paratha with 2 tsp of oil/butter/ghee. Cook the paratha for 4 mins (2 mins on each side).

 

4. Serve it hot with pickle and raita.