Palak Puri ( Spinach Puri)

Ingredients:

Wheat flour(atta) - 2 cups

Gram flour(besan) - 2 tbs

Rice flour - 2 tbs

Palak(spinach) - 1/2 bunch

Green chillies - 4-5 no

Cumin seeds(roasted) - 1 tsp

Ginger - 1 small small piece

Red chili powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder - a pinch

Asafoetida - a pinch

Sesame seeds - 1tbs

Salt to taste

oil for frying.

Procedure:

1.Wash the spinach leaves in water and blanch in boiling water for about 5 min.
2.Then in a blender pot take spinach leaves, green chillies, ginger, cumin seeds and grind in to fine paste.

3.Take all flours , add salt, asafoetida, sesame seeds and mix with fingers

4. Now mix the palak paste in the atta, add red chili powder,turmeric powder and 1 tbs oil while kneading into semi hard dough.

5.Now make equal sized balls and roll into round shape puries.
Deep fry puries in hot oil from both sides on medium to high heat.
6.Serve palak puri hot with aloo sabji or red chili chutney.

Simple Onion paratha

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour - 2 Cups
Oil - 1 tbs
Curd - 2 tbs
Chopped onion – 1 Large
Chopped green Chillis - 2-3 nos.
Chopped coriander leaves - 1/2 bunch
Salt to taste
Oil to shallow fry the parathes.

Procedure:

1.Add the above chopped ingredients to the Flour. Also add Oil ,curd and Salt and Mix the flour well.
2.Knead the dough very well using very little water as we have added curd also.The dough should be enough stiff.
3.Make equal size of balls and roll them like the usual chapathis. The rolled chapathis should be thicker than usual.
4.Heat tava on medium fire and put some oil and cook the paratha on both the sides tilll golden brown.
5. Serve hot with any type of pickle or thick curd.

Indian Puri

Ingredients:

Wheat flour (atta) - 2 cups

Semolina(Rava) - 2 tbs
Salt : to taste

Peanut oil - 2 tbs

Peanut oil - for frying

Procedure:

1.Mix wheat flour, rava, oil (2 tbs) and salt in a bowl.

2.Make dough by adding water to it. Make the dough a bit stiff so that it could be rolled easily and puries will puff good.

3. Knead the dough and keep it aside for 5 minutes.

4.Take small pieces of dough about the size of lemon and roll them thick into 3-inch diameter circle using some oil. Also you can use flour for rolling puri .
5.Deep-fry puries in the oil from both the sides till golden and should puff up good. Remove the excess oil using a paper towel.

6.Serve hot with your special sabji.Puries taste good with potato curry.

Methi Paratha

Ingredients:

Wheat flour (Atta) - 2 cup

Gram flour (Besan) - 1/2 cup

Methi leaves(finely chopped) - 2 cup

Green chilli (finely chopped)- 2 no.

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Chaat masala - 1 tsp

Red chili powder - 1tsp

Turmeric powder-1 pinch

Sesame seeds - 2 tbs

Oil
Salt (to taste)

Water - 1/2 cup

Procedure:

1. Mix wheat flour, gram flour,sesame seeds, salt and oil(2 tbs) well with your finger tips.

2.Then add methi leaves, green chillies, red chilly powder,cumin powder,turmeric powder,garam masala powder and mix it well by adding water little by little.

3. Knead it to make a stiff dough .

4. Make small balls out of dough and roll out each portion into a thin rounds.

5. Heat the griddle( tava ) and cook the paratha on it.

6. Brush the parathas lightly with oil on both side and cook.

7. Serve hot with chutney or pickle.

Cucumber Thalipeeth

Ingrediants:

1 thick grated cucumber with water

2-3 green chilies chopped fine

finely chopped coriander leaves

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder

1 teaspoon coriander powder

1/2 teaspoon cumin powder

1/2 teaspoon garam masala

1 teaspoon garlic ginger paste

1 cup of wheat flour

1/2 cup chickpea flour (besan)

2 tablespoon rice flour

salt to taste

oil to fry

How to Prepare:

1. First in a big bowl take wheat flour, chickpea flour and then add all the above ingrediants.

2. Mix it well, and make a thick batter, if required add little water.

3. Keep the tava on high heat and put 1 tsp of oil and spread it evenly on tava.

4. Take a cup of batter and spread it on hot tava. Wait till the thalipeeth becomes golden brown. 5. After a min turn the thalipeeth and put 1/2 tsp of oil over it and again wait for 1-2 min till it get properly cooked.Thalipeeth is now ready to serve.6. Serve hot with tomato ketchup.

Cabbage Paratha

Ingrediants :

Wheat flour(Atta) : 3 cups
basen : 2-3 tbs
cabbage(grated) : 1 small size
coriander powder: 1/2 tbs
cumin powder : 1/2 tbs
termeric powder: 1 pinch
garam masala powder : 1/2 tbs
salt : to taste
finely chopped green chilli: 3-4
hing: 2 pinch
vegetable oil : to fry
finely chopped coriander

How to prepare:
1. First add pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon oil into the flour and adding enough water make a soft dough as we make for chapati.Knead it for 5 minutes and set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and add hing , then green chilli, ginger garlic paste , termeric powder ,salt, cumin powder, coriander powder and then add basen and stir for 3-4 minutes , and then add grated cabbage ,again cook for 5-6 minutes untill cabbage becomes tender.
3. Then add chopped coriander, garam masala powder and cabbage filling is ready.
4. Take small ball of dough and roll it like poori and stuff small amount of stuffing into this poori and close it from all sides.
5. Pat it in the palm and roll it gently like chapati and paratha is now ready for frying.
6. Heat the tava and fry the paratha using few drops of oil .
7. Fry the paratha from both sides till the light brown colour appears.
8. Serve hot with any indian pickles or yogurt.

Mooli Paratha

Ingrediants :
Wheat flour(Atta) : 3 cups
basen : 2 tbs
Radish : 3 medium size
coriander powder: 1/2 tbs
cumin powder : 1/2 tbs
termeric powder: 1 pinch
salt : to taste
finely chopped green chilli: 3-4
ginger -garlic past : 1/2 tbs
dry mango powder :1/2 tbs OR
Lemon juice : 1/2 tbs
hing: 2 pinch
vegetable oil : to fry
finely chopped coriander

How to prepare:
1. First add pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon oil into the flour and adding enough water make a soft dough as we make for chapati.Knead it for 5 minutes and set aside.
2. Peel and grate the mooli and squeeze the grated mooli and then drain all the water.
3. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and add hing , then green chilli, ginger garlic paste , termeric powder ,salt, cumin powder, coriander powder and then add basen and stir for 3-4 minutes , and then add grated mooli and again cook for 3-4 minites untill mooli becomes tender.
4. Then add chopped coriander and mooli filling is ready.
5. Take small ball of dough and roll it like poori and stuff small amount of stuffing into this poori and close it from all sides.
6. Pat it in the palm and roll it gently like chapati and paratha is now ready to fry.
7. Heat the tava and fry the paratha using few drops of oil .
8 Fry the paratha from both sides till the light brown colour appears.
9. Serve hot with any indian pickles or yogurt.

Gobi Paratha

Ingrediants:

wheat flour(atta) : 4 cups
Butter or oil : for frying
grated cauliflower : 2 cups
green chillies choped : 2-3
ginger (minced) : 1 teaspoon
cumin powder : 1 teaspoon
garam masala powder : 1teaspoon
salt : to taste
hing : a pinch
finely chopped coriander: 1/2 cup

How to prapare:

1. First add pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon oil into the flour and adding enough water make a soft dough as we make for chapati.Knead it for 5 minutes and set aside.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and add hing , then green chilli, grated gobi, ginger,salt, cumin powder, garam masala powder and stir for 3-4 minutes untill cauliflower becomes tender.
3. Then add chopped coriander and the cauliflower filling is ready.
4. Take small ball of dough and roll it like poori and stuff small amount of cauliflower mixture into this poori and close it from all sides.
5. Pat it in the palm and roll it gently like chapati and paratha is now ready to fry.
6. Heat the tava and fry the paratha using few drops of oil .
7. Fry the paratha from both sides till the light brown colour appears.
8. Serve hot with any indian pickles or yogurt.

Aloo Paratha

Ingrediants:

potatoes (boiled amd smashed): 5 medium size
wheat flour(atta) : 4 cups
butter
green chopped chillied : 3-4
mango powder : 1 teaspoon Or lemon juice : 1 tablespoon
ginger(minced) : 1 teaspoon
garlic (minced) : 1/2 teaspoon
red chilli powder: 1 teaspoon
garam masala powder: 1 teaspoon
coriander powder : 1/2 teaspoon
cumin powder : 1/2 teaspoon
salt : to taste
coriander finely chopped for garnishing

How to prepare:

1. Add a pinch of salt, 1 tablespoon oil to tha flour and add little water at a time. Knead into medium soft dough like we do for making chapaties. Knead well for 5-6 minutes and keep aside.
2 . In a big bowl take smashed potatoes, add ginger,garlic, green chillies,chopped coriander mango powder, salt, red chilli powder and garam masala powder.
3. Mix it well and make medium size balls and keep the balls in a dish.
4. Then take the small portion of dough and roll it like poori.
5. Now put one ball of potato mixture over the poori and close it from all side , gently pat the poori with the palm and apply some flour from both sides of poori.
6. then roll it gently like chapati.
7. Heat the tava on medium heat and put some butter and then put the paratha, cook from both sides till the colour of paratha changes to light brown.
8. Finely serve hot with curd or pickle.