Parathas make a filling, healthy breakfast, snacks or dinner recipe. In this recipe, the mildly spicy and flavorful carrot filling is stuffed inside paratha and roasted until golden. This easy & delicious parathas also makes a nutritious lunch box recipe for kids. No doubt kids love this beautiful orange colour and appealing carrot flavor of the paratha. Prepare this yummy gajar ka paratha at your home too with this easy video recipe!
Ingredients
To Make Dough
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Oil or ghee - 1 tbsp
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tsp
Red chilli pwd - 1/2 tsp
Cumin pwd - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
To Make Inner Stuffing
Grated carrot - 1 cup
Sliced onions - 1/2 cup
Green chilli - 1 or 2
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tsp
Cumin pwd - 1/2 tsp
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Instructions
1.
To start with, add 1 cup of warm water to mixing bowl.
2.
Add turmeric pwd, red chilli pwd, cumin pwd, salt and mix well.
3.
Add wheat flour little by little and knead to smooth soft dough.
4.
Add a tbsp of ghee or oil to make smooth dough.
5.
Cover it with damp cloth and set aside.
6.
Lets prepare spicy carrot stuffing.
7.
In second bowl, add grated carrot, sliced onions, coriander leaves, green chilli, salt, turmeric pwd, cumin pwd, ginger garlic paste and mix.
8.
Mix well. Stuffing is ready!
9.
Lets start preparing paratha!
10.
Make small balls out of dough as shown in video.
11.
Take a ball, pat it flat and dust with wheat four.
12.
Roll it to small thick disc.
13.
Stuff 2 tbsp of carrot mixture and cover the disc and seal the edges.(view video for sealing)
14.
Now roll the ball to thick round shape.
15.
Repeat the same for all balls.
16.
Heat a frypan.
17.
Drizzle oil or butter and heat.
18.
Place the rolled paratha and fry on both sides.
19.
Once the paratha is cooked golden all over, remove from flame.
20.
Flavorful delicious carrot paratha is ready.
21.
Serve hot with yoghurt, pickle or any curry of your choice.