Methi paratha is a popular Indian bread specially in north India. North Indian people serve it with pickle, masala curd, chutney etc. It is a one of the very healthy Indian bread as it contains huge amount of fresh methi (fenugreek leaves) which is very good for health. You can pack it for lunch box or kids tiffin box. It is a quick and healthy option for breakfast also. You can make this paratha dough earlier and keep it in fridge. When you need you can fry and serve hot. This one is one of my favourite comfort food. Lets go through the recipe.
Take wheat flour, gram flour, fenugreek leaves, yogurt, ginger, green chilli, and spices & salt in a mixing bowl.
Make a semi soft dough by adding water as required. Don't add too much water at a time otherwise it can be a too soft sticky dough. We also don't need very hard dough.
Then add oil in dough and coat it.
Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
Then take a small portion of the dough and coat with flour.
Dust some flour in your work surface and then roll the dough ball like a rooti.
Place it in a hot tawa. let it cook from both side for 1 minute each side.
Now apply little ghee on both side with a spoon.
Fry the paratha until it becomes more brownish.
Then serve with coriander chutney, pickle, and curd.
Enjoy it hot.
My Tip:
When you are frying paratha , press it lightly with you spatula. It will make the paratha perfectly cooked.
Paratha should be fried at medium heat because if you fry it at low heat it for a long time it will become crispy like biscuit or if you fry it at high heat it will be burnt from outside but uncooked from inside.
Here we are adding gram flour to enhance the taste of paratha. But if you don't like, you can avoid it.
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