Saturday, May 21, 2016


Mooli Paratha /Raddish Paratha- Breakfast/Dinner recipe






The below measurements make 12 Parathas of 8 inches diameter.


Ingredients:

1. Raddish - 150 gms
2. Wheat flour - 300 gms
3. Salt - to taste
4. Coriander leaves - 2 tablespoon
5. Hing - 1/2 tbsp
6. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
7. Water - to knead
8. Oil - To cook the parathas.

Method:

1. Grate the Raddish.

2. To the grated raddish, add turmeric powder, coriander leaves, salt, hing. Mix well.

3. Add the flour and mix well.


4. Do not add any water, just knead the dough with the moisture from Raddish.

5. Once the flour absorbs moisture from Raddish, add 25 gms of water. (Or Two table spoons of water). Not more. The dough looks like below. Dough does not look great now. But it will. 


6. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 10-15 minutes.
The Raddish will slowly leave out its moisture. After 15 minutes, knead the dough. the dough looks like below.


7. The water from raddish will be enough for kneading the dough. Allow to rest it for another ten minutes, and knead it again, the dough looks like below. 

8. The water absorption will depend on the flour. so after resting it for first 10 minutes, If the dough does not comes together, add 1 tablespoon of water and knead it and then allow it to rest. after the second ten minutes, the flour should come together and should form a smooth dough.

9. Make small balls out of the dough 

10. Roll into a roti.

11. Cook on both sides on a Tawa until golden spots appear.

15. Serve it hot with a subzi to make it a perfect meal.