Broccoli stuffed wheat paratha

Author    - Balasri Ramachandran

Category- Veg

Cuisine - Indian main dish

Preparation Time - 20 Min
Cooking Time    - 30 Min
Serves               -  3 people
Measurement    - 1 Cup is 250 ml

Ingredients Required for making paratha(chapathi) dough:

Whole wheat flour	2 cups
Curd	1 tblspn
Oil	1 tblspn
Salt	As required
Water	As required

Ingredients Required for making broccoli stuffing:

Broccoli	1
Onion	½
Green Chilli	1
Coriander powder	1 tspn
Cumin(Jeera) powder	2 tspn
Garam masala	1 tspn
Amchur(Dry mango) powder	1 tspn(optional)
Tumeric powder	½  tspn
Besan flour(Kadalai mavu)	1 tblspn
Salt	As required
Coriander leaves	Few finely chopped
Oil	1 tblspn

Step by step with pictures:

Ingredients to make paratha dough- wheat flour, warm water, curd,  curd,  oil, salt

Knead the above ingredients to make the dough and let it rest covered, until we make the broccoli filling

Ingredients to make broccoli stuffing - Broccoli, 1/2 onion, 1 green chili, coriander leaves,  besan flour, spice powders 

Grate the broccoli

Grated broccoli and other ingredients chopped

In a pan add oil when it heats up green chili, onion and sauté it

Once the onion becomes transparent, add the grated broccoli and sauce it on high heat for 3 to  4 minutes

Add the spice powders turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder,  amchur powder, garam masala powder and salt  and sauce them

Add the chopped coriander leaves , combine it and then switch off the flame

In another pan add besan flour and dry roast it.

When nice aroma come out of it and the colour changes to light brown, switch  off the flame

Add the roasted besan flour to the broccoli stuffing and mix it. 

Make balls out of the keaded wheat flour dough and make same number of balls in broccoli stuffing mixture

Expand the dough balls using hand

Place the broccoli stuffing into it. 

start sealing it

sealing in progress

sealed dough

Dip it into flour on both sides

Roll it

Place it on a hot tawa

Once its cooked flip it over and apply butter. Flip and cook it again.(Applying butter is optional)

Hot parathas are ready to be served with curd or raita

Steps:

1.     First make dough for paratha in the same way as that we make for chapathi by kneading whole wheat flour, oil, salt, water, curd. (Curd is added to make chapathi/paratha soft)

     After kneading, rest the dough for 30 minutes or until we make paratha filling.

2.     To make broccoli stuffing, pour oil in a pan and when it heats add the finely chopped onions.

     Saute the onions until it becomes transparent.

     Add the grated broccoli and saute it on high flame for 3 to 4 minutes.

    Then add the spice powder turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, amchur powder, garam masala powder and salt and then saute them.

    Add some finely chopped coriander leaves and switch of the flame.

3.     In a pan roast 1 tblspn besan flour until a nice aroma come out of it and the colour changes to light brown.

4.     Add the roasted besan flour to the broccoli stuffing and mix it. This is done so that the besan flour absorbs if there is any extra moisture.

5.     Now make balls out of the keaded wheat flour dough and make same number of balls in broccoli stuffing mixture.

6.     Expand the dough balls using hand and then place the broccoli stuffing into it. Then seal it and make it into ball.

7.     Now dip  the ball in flour and expand it to make the paratha.

8.     On a hot pan place the expanded paratha and once its cooked flip it over and apply butter. Flip and cook it again.(Applying butter is optional)

9.      Serve broccoli stuffed parathas hot, with curd or cucumber raitha or any raitha of your choice.