Saturday, October 17, 2009

NOTE

While frying the mashed potatoes add the ground masala paste also.

AALOO KE PARATHE (CHAPATHIS STUFFED WITH POTATO CURRY)

INGREDIENTS:
1) Onions= 5
2) Ginger= 2 Inch long
3) Coriander leaves (finely chopped)= 1 cup
4) Potatoes- 1/2 kg

5) Grind together-
(a) Cloves= 2 teaspoons
(b) Dry ginger= 1/2 Inch piece
(c) Cardamom (Ilaychi)= 1 teaspoon
(d) Jayphal = 1 teaspoon
(e) Pepper= 2 teaspoons
(f) Bay leaves= 2 medium sized

6) Roughly grind together-
(a) Somph= 2 tablespoons
(b) Ajwain seeds= 2 tablespoons

7) Hing= 1 teaspoon
8) Jeera= 2 teaspoons
9) Sunflower oil= 2 tablespoons
10) Garam masala powder= 2 teaspoons
11) Wheat flour= 3/4 kg
12) Salt= According to taste

METHOD:
1) Heat oil in a frying pan. Add roughly ground powder of somph and ajwain seeds. Then, add hing and jeera and fry for a minute on low flame.
2) Add finely chpooed onions and fry till the pieces become golden brown in colour.
3) Add mashed potatoes and garam masala powder, some more somph seeds, finely chopped coriander leaves and salt. Fry on low flame till all the ingridients are cooked well.
4) Cool the stuffing prepared above. Make small balls of this stuffing.
5) Make small pooris of wheat flour and keep the balls of stuffing inside them, in the centre and close them.
6) Now make them into parathas and fry with oil on a hot tawa.