Much as I love a traditional English roast dinner, complete with golden, crispy roast potatoes, slices of lamb with mint sauce, and lashings of gravy, there is another Sunday meal that we Punjabi’s tend to try not to miss…
Aloo Parathas!
These are a lightly fried potato filled bread which we eat traditionally with plain set yoghurt and pickle.
There are so many variations, stuffing them with different vegetables like cauliflour (gobi parathas), minced meat (keema parathas) or even paneer (paneer parathas). One favourite of mine is to have a plain one with fried egg! It seems to be a bit if a Kenyan Indian things!
I thought I would share the simple recipe for these delicious treats! Again, as I have said before, it is really hard to give measurements as we Indians like to use andazaa, or approximations! If it looks right and tastes right, that is great… probably the reason why we can never cook for a few people but always have vats of curry on the boil!
You’ll need:
A rolling pin
A tava/frying pan
A fish slice
An insulated container to collect them in.
loose flour
chapatti dough, made from chapatti flour mixed with water to create a firm dough
potato mix – boil potatoes, and drain fully. Mash then mix in salt, pepper, cumin seeds, a little finely chopped onion, a little grated ginger, finely chopped green chilli and chopped fenugreek leaves (methi)
Butter (Butter Fry light spray if you want to be as Slimming World friendly as you can!)
Method
- Heat tava to a medium heat
- Take a ball of dough and roll it in your hands.
- Coat in a little loose flour then create a flat circular patty using your hands.
- Roll into a circle approximately the size of a side plate
- Take around a tablespoon of potato mix and place in centre
- Gently take each side of the dough and gather into a pouch.
- Flatten and cover with loose flour again.
- Carefully roll the larger patty out to the size of a dinner plate
- Slowly pick up and place on the tava
- Allow the paratha to cook gently until the dough appears to change colour.
- Using a fish slice carefully turn over to cook on other side.
- Once browned, turn over again and apply butter to the paratha
- Turn again and apply butter to other side
- Allow to sizzle for a few seconds and then place paratha in your insulated container
- Repeat from second step until you have as many parathas as you need
And Enjoy!
Ritu
Aug 24, 2017 @ 22:40:08
Thanks 😊
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Jun 01, 2017 @ 08:18:44
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Ritu
Jun 01, 2017 @ 14:45:59
You are so sweet Esme! ❤
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aka Cibo the Anti-Pasti Poet
May 25, 2017 @ 06:52:25
Yum! Shall say no more. G:)
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Ritu
May 25, 2017 @ 07:01:18
Can be the cause of sudden weight gain, and the reason for a siesta needed mid afternoon too…! lol!
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bheartstealer
May 16, 2017 @ 04:13:18
Great.. mad about punjabi cuisine
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Ritu
May 16, 2017 @ 06:54:07
Thanks!
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josypheen
May 15, 2017 @ 10:32:55
These look amazing (the buttery ones look best!)
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Ritu
May 15, 2017 @ 17:45:03
It definitely tasted best too Josy!
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pranabaxom
May 15, 2017 @ 00:38:29
I love aloo parathas but hardly eat any now a days for fear of turning into an aloo😅and midriff challenged.
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Ritu
May 15, 2017 @ 06:55:01
I indulge in the aloo ones once in a while but have the plain ones usually!!!! I know what you mean!!!
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pranabaxom
May 15, 2017 @ 16:04:03
Plight of the midriff challenged😢.
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Ritu
May 15, 2017 @ 17:50:57
Tell me about it!
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hotmessmemoir
May 14, 2017 @ 21:53:32
Holy moly, you need to teach me how to cook. I also need to learn to like to cook. That looks yummy!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 21:56:59
Lol!!! I should start a school eh!!!
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hotmessmemoir
May 15, 2017 @ 00:14:27
Yes!!
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Ann GrubbsnCritters
May 14, 2017 @ 20:47:58
I love love love chapati! 😊
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 20:57:48
Try these Ann!!!
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Ann GrubbsnCritters
May 14, 2017 @ 21:54:50
I will! I tried making them years ago and it was some hard work to get those circle done up properly. Lots of hardwork there! You rock chappatis Ritu! 😀
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 21:58:01
No denying I’ve had a lot of practice!
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Ann GrubbsnCritters
May 14, 2017 @ 22:04:03
I can imagine! You’ve got them in almost perfect circle, with the perfect brown splotches all over. You are a true chapati guru!. 😀
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 22:08:50
Lol credit to.my mum.in.law and mum for the training!!!!!
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Oriana
May 14, 2017 @ 20:28:25
This looks really tasty ! I have to try it out someday, thanks for the recipe ! 🙂
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 20:57:04
I hope you enjoy it!!!
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abrightclearweb
May 14, 2017 @ 19:21:22
I’ll ask my Dad if he remembers these – he spent his early childhood in India.
Great photos – you made it really easy to follow.
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 19:30:47
They are almost staple part of the diet!!!! I hope he ate them out there !
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cookandenjoyrecipes
May 14, 2017 @ 16:51:15
Pinned for later – Thanks
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 16:53:19
Thanks!!!
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niicolee00
May 14, 2017 @ 15:43:55
This is random but your nails are so pretty! 🙂 My italian family is the same way with our approximations. My dad always tried to get me to learn how to cook from my grandmother before she passed, but she always just threw some salt in here, and some flour there…there was no real method to it, just experience gathered over time!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 15:54:16
That’s exactly what it is… practice and experience that makes you realises what the approximations are! And thank you ! I do love my nails! They are Chrome Holographic!!!
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Gary
May 14, 2017 @ 15:16:40
You make it look simple Ritu…what’s the catch???? #GaTu
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 15:52:28
Erm… needs a lot of practice lol! #GaTu
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Gary
May 14, 2017 @ 16:11:57
Err…define lots lol; are we talking multiple thousands in ingredients until perfection arises… I mean..it looks simple right???
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 16:21:43
Erm.. I’ve been married 15 years…it took me a good few before i got em round, as well as filled correctly!!!
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Gary
May 14, 2017 @ 16:23:39
Shoot; I’d not even considered anything about filling!! I thought that looked the easy bit !!! 15 years though… I should have started this decades ago 😦
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 16:30:46
LOL!!!!!
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Erika Kind
May 14, 2017 @ 14:40:57
I absolutely love Indian food and what you introduced us here to looks and sounds so good!!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 15:51:54
You’ll have to try it sis!!!
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Erika Kind
May 14, 2017 @ 20:54:48
I copied the recipe 😉😘
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 20:58:03
Cool sis!!!!
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Erika Kind
May 14, 2017 @ 21:29:06
😁😁💖
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bheartstealer
May 16, 2017 @ 04:14:28
I cook lots of things,all Indian dishes,veg to non veg.i m big foodie
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Erika Kind
May 16, 2017 @ 07:01:02
I too have Indian recepies in my collection. So I understand you very well!
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bheartstealer
May 16, 2017 @ 07:03:04
Wow thats great.which 1 is ur favourite?
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Erika Kind
May 16, 2017 @ 07:09:27
I still love Chicken Tikka Masalla best!
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Ritu
May 16, 2017 @ 07:47:14
Me too, from a takeaway anyway!
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Erika Kind
May 16, 2017 @ 11:38:56
😋😋
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bheartstealer
May 16, 2017 @ 08:45:57
Omg mouth watering.. plz cook for me😊
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Erika Kind
May 16, 2017 @ 11:44:16
😁😁
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IreneDesign2011
May 14, 2017 @ 13:24:14
This looks very delicious Ritu, thank you for sharing 🙂
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 13:43:33
Hope you get to try them!
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IreneDesign2011
May 14, 2017 @ 15:23:22
I have a plan to, Ritu 🙂
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 15:52:36
😀
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Thewanderingdarlings
May 14, 2017 @ 13:08:04
Looks very tasty!!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 13:43:13
Oh they are!!!
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thoughtsfromjasmine
May 14, 2017 @ 12:22:57
These look SO GOOD! May have to give them a try!
Jas xx
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 12:23:57
Let me know if you do!!!
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London-Unattached.com
May 14, 2017 @ 11:40:28
Interested to hear how the frylight versions work…they look pretty similar. What is your recommendation?
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 11:48:48
They work fine… but the buttery taste… that you can’t really recreate!!! Even with butter frylight !
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Parul Thakur
May 14, 2017 @ 11:19:26
Guess what? I also had Aaloo paratha for Sunday lunch. Andaaza is such a thing. Can you believe I bake on that 😉
One secret that I want to share is that I’ve never been able to make stuff parathas. Your recipe made it look so easy. Trust me, it isn’t 😉
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 11:47:20
Lol! Took years of practice believe me! Andaaza is a magical thing!
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A Girl and Her Passport
May 14, 2017 @ 11:17:15
I love parathas!!!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 11:46:42
Me too… a bit too much lol!
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globalhousesitterX2
May 14, 2017 @ 11:11:20
Yummy might have to give that a go 🙂
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 11:46:23
Let me know how you get on if you do!
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globalhousesitterX2
May 14, 2017 @ 12:23:33
I will Ritu 🙂
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thebeasley
May 14, 2017 @ 09:53:52
Mmmm you are making me hungry with your cooking again, Ritu!
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 09:54:27
Oops! Sorry!!! 😀😁
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Marje @ Kyrosmagica
May 14, 2017 @ 07:30:52
Oh these look delicious Rtu. 🙂
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 08:46:12
Thanks Marje! They can be a little naughty, smothered in butter, but are definitely yummy!!
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riffatwajidblogs
May 14, 2017 @ 05:54:24
Delicious Sunday
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 08:45:07
Oh yes indeed!
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Tony Burgess
May 14, 2017 @ 02:40:47
That looks good and interesting. Like a light naan or something like that.
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 08:44:56
It can be light, or heavy depending of the filling! But they are tasty!!!! Thanks Tony!
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CreativeSiba
May 14, 2017 @ 01:21:59
Super yummy 😋
Wife makes too awesome aloo paranthas
She actually learnt it well from our first posting in Haryana and we had a lot of Punjabi friends.
Nice post 😜
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 08:44:32
Thank you Siba!!!!
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CreativeSiba
May 14, 2017 @ 08:56:51
😍
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Shivangi
May 14, 2017 @ 01:15:33
Yummy post Ritu… am feeling hungry now😀
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Ritu
May 14, 2017 @ 08:44:18
Hope you got your Paratha fix Shivangi!!!
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Shivangi
May 14, 2017 @ 14:39:45
Yeah Ritu😀👍
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