Aloo, Gajar aur Matar ka Paratha
(potato, carrots and peas stuffed bread )

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Carrots, potato and green peas paratha or aloo, gajar, aur hari matar stuffed bread is a delicious variety of stuffed pan fried Indian bread. This stuffed paratha is a delicious preparation and is ideal for lunch boxes, picnics, weekend brunches etc. You can also add some grated carrots in this paratha. This delicious paratha can be served with plain yogurt or pickles of your taste. Hope you like it!! Please do try this recipe and share your comments. Happy cooking, Shuchi

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients For Dough to make 8 parathas

• 1½ cups wheat flour 
• ¼ tsp salt
• about ¾ cup water, to make dough 

Ingredients For Stuffing:

• 4 medium potatoes boiled
• 2 tsp oil
• ¾ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• Green chilies 2, finely chopped
• 2 medium carrots, finely grated
• 1 cup green peas
• 1½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp red chili powder
• ½ tsp chaat masala
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 2-3 tbsp chopped green coriander leaves

Ingredients For Rolling and Cooking:

• Flour to roll the parathas : 2-4 tbsp in a plate 
• Ghee/butter/oil to brush/ cook the paratha, about 2-3 tbsp  

1. Take flour in a big bowl. add salt. Mix well. Make a semi soft dough by adding a little water at a time. Knead the dough back and forth a few times. Cover and leave the dough for 10 minutes.
   
2. Divide the dough into 8 portions and make small rounds of these portions.

1. Peel the boiled potatoes, and mash them. You can grate the poatoes as well.
2. Heat oil in the wok on medium heat. Add cumin seeds; when seeds crackle, add chopped onions and green chilies. Fry until onions are translucent.
3. Add greated carrots and green peas. mix well and cook for a couple of minutes.
4. Mash the green peas .
5. Add mashed potatoes. Mix. Add salt, red chili powder, chaat masala, and garam masala. Mix well. Fry for a couple of minutes.Turn off the heat. Add chopped coriander. Mix well. Stuffing is ready.
6. Set aside the stuffing to cool down. Divide the stuffing into 8 portions.

1. Take a ball of dough and roll it with help of dry flour in about a 3 inch circle. Brush the inner layer with very little oil, and put 1 portion of stuffing at the center of the rolled ball. Now bring the sides together and close the circle.

2. Roll this ball by dusting a little flour into a 5-6 inch circle. Stuffed parathas are usually rolled thicker than the plain ones.

3. Heat the griddle/ tawa on medium heat. Grease the bottom. Place the rolled circle (paratha) to the medium hot griddle. Turn it over after about 20-25 seconds. Now cook from the other side. Brush the top side of the paratha with oil and turn the side. Press the sides with a ladle, paratha will puff up. Cook from the other side (takes about one and half minute to cook a stuffed paratha).

4. Repeat the process with all the balls.
5. Yummy aloo, gajar aur matar ka paratha is ready. Serve hot and crispystuffed paratha with raita or plain yogurt/curd and/ or pickle/ chutney of your taste.

1. You can aslo serve this paratha with butter.
2. Increase or decrease the amount of chili as per taste.

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