Preparation time
- Total: Approximately 50 minutes
- Preparation: 20 minutes
- Cooking: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 3 cups Whole Wheat Flour
- Water - for kneading
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 3 Carrots (Gajjar) - grated
- 1 cup Green peas (Matar) - steamed
- 1 Onion - medium
- 2 Green Chillies - chopped
- Coriander (Dhania) Leaves - a small bunch finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
- 1/4 tablespoon Coriander Powder (Dhania)
- 1 tablespoon Red Chilli powder
- 1 tablespoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
- 1/2 tablespoon Chaat Masala Powder
- Salt - to taste
- Ghee - for cooking the parathas
Instructions
- To begin making Carrot Matar Paratha Recipe, in a bowl mix together wheat flour
- salt and oil
- Add water, little at a time and prepare a soft dough just as we make dough for rotis
- Grease your hands with oil and knead it well
- Cover it and let it rest for some time
- Now to prepare stuffing, we first mash steamed peas in a large bowl
- Add the grated carrot, chopped onion, chopped green chillies and fresh chopped coriander and mix well
- Now add all dry spices in mixture - carom seeds, salt, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, chaat masala and mix everything well
- Now make even size ball out of paratha dough and roll out the ball in a small circle dusting wheat flour
- Add some stuffing in the centre and gather all the corners and seal it well and press it lightly
- Dust some wheat flour and roll out the sealed dough into a circle as we do for chapati dough
- Don't apply too much pressure while rolling
- Place a tawa on medium to high flame, and place the rolled out paratha on it
- Let it cook a little bit on one side,flip it over to the other side and spread some ghee over the paratha which is half cooked
- Flip it again, when the second side is half cooked ,spread some ghee
- Flip a few more times to get paratha browned and cooked well
- Take of the tawa and cook the rest of the parathas in a similar way Serve Carrot Matar Paratha along with Lauki Raita and Aam Ka Chunda Recipe for a sumptuous breakfast
Other informations
The table below shows servings values and other necessary informations.
- Servings
- Cuisine
- Course
- Diet
- 4
- North Indian Recipes
- North Indian Breakfast
- Vegetarian