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Mattar Paratha

Paratha with green peas
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Green peas Mattar
  • 1 cup Gram flour Kadalapodi
  • 2 1/2 cups Wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil or any cooking oil
  • 1 no Onion finely chopped
  • 2 - Green chillies finely chopped
  • or
  • Red chilly powder As reqd
  • 1/2 tsp Ajwain or Cumin seeds
  • Salt As reqd
  • Oil to shallow fry

Instructions
 

  • Boil the peas till tender.
  • :- You can also cook them in the microwave.
  • Add 1/2 a cup water to peas and crush them into a paste in a mixer.
  • Mix peas paste, gram flour, atta, olive oil, chillies, onion, ajwain and salt in a bowl and knead into a dough, adding more water as required.
  • With this dough, make 4 mm thickness round about 4" diameter(like a plain roti).
  • Apply 1/2 tsp of oil or ghee and spread all over with spoon or fingers.
  • Fold it into a triangle and roll it again.
  • Heat griddle (tawa) and place paratha on it.
  • Turn to roast other side.
  • Put a little ghee on both sides and shallow fry till crisp.
  • :- Serve hot with any desired accompaniment.
  • :- Don`t put oil in between the roti if you want to avoid oil. You can use ghee or any oil of your choice.
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