Indian Bottle Gourd Bread / Lauki Ka Paratha / Vegan

If your kids refuses to eat bottle gourd/ lauki ( like mine), then serve these parathas for their next breakfast and i promise they will never know what they ate in those delicious paratha..

Indian Bottle Gourd Bread / Lauki Ka Paratha / Vegan

Preparation Time:- 10 minutes
Cooking Time:- 15-20 minutes
Serves:- 4-6

Ingredients:-

Whole Wheat Flour:- 1 1/2 Cups
Gram Flour / Chickpea Flour / Besan:- 1/2 Cup
Salt
Bottle gourd/ Lauki:- 1/2 lb , grated
Carom seeds/ Ajwain:- 1/2 Tsp
Cilantro leaves:- 2 Tbsp, chopped
Red Chilli powder:- 1/2 Tsp
Turmeric Powder / Haldi:- 1/4 Tsp

Oil for cooking

Procedure:-

1) Sieve the whole wheat flour and gram flour with salt.

2) Add grated bottle gourd, carom seeds, cilantro leaves, red chilli powder, and turmeric powder.

3) Knead to make a dough, add water if needed. Keep aside covered for 5 minutes.

4) Divide the dough into balls. Dust and roll each ball slightly with a rolling pin, apply 1/4 tsp oil and fold into a triangle.(or any shape you like)

5) Dust and roll again to a 4" triangle.

6) Shallow-dry each paratha on a heated griddle/tawa with 1 tbasp of oil until light golden brown.

Serve hot with pickle ...Enjoy:)

Notes:- If you have any leftover dough then just wrap it in plastic food wrap and refrigerate for upto 2 days

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Aloo Methi Paratha (Indian Bread Stuffed With Potatoes & Fenugreek Leaves)

Love stuffed parathas as they are the best way to sneak in any vegetable you want in your kids meal.Parathas are popular for breakfast in North India. It is best served hot alongwith curd and pickle on the side.

Ingredients:-

For Stuffing:-


• Boiled potatoes:- 2 (medium size)
• Methi Leaves( roughly chopped):- 1/2 Cup
• Coriander Leaves (chopped finely):- 2 Tbsp
• Ginger(chopped finely):-1 Tbsp
• Onion (small)chopped finely:- 1/2
• Salt
• Aamchoor/ Dry Mango powder:- 1 1/2 Tsp
• Red Chilli powder:- 1/2 Tsp
• Garam Masala:- 1 Tsp
• Ajwain:- 1 Tsp


For Making Dough


• 2 cups wheat flour (atta)
• 1tbsp. oil
• 1 tsp salt
• warm water for mixing

Mix wheat flour, salt, oil and warm water. Knead well. Make dough stiff enough for roti/ paratha. Keep aside. Let it rest for 10 minutes.

To make the stuffing:-

1)Mash the potatoes in a separate bowl.
2)Mix rest of the stuffing ingredients in the potatoes well.

To Make Paratha:-

Please refer to this post for step by step procedure to make paratha

Serve hot alongwith curd /pickle/ curry on the side.

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Methi Masala Poori/ Spicy Indian Puffed Bread With Fenugreek

Methi Poori is famous gujrati snack .It is spiced puffed bread which is great for school lunches or breakfast. You can serve it with different curries/sabzi or can be enjoyed with plain curd/achaar/chutney.

More Poori Recipes:-
Kele Ki Poori/ Indian Banana Bread
Palak/Spinach Poori - A Healthy Snack For Kids
Khus Khus Poori ( Fried Poppy Seed Bread)

Ingredients:-


• Whole Wheat Flour:- 2 Cups
• Besan/Chickpea flour:- 1 Cup
• Methi/Fenugreek Leaves:- 1 Cup
• Turmeric Powder:- 1 Tsp
• Garam Masala Powder:- 1 Tsp
• Red Chilli Powder:- 1 Tsp
• Salt as per taste
• Ajwain/Carom seeds:- 1 Tsp
• Til/sesame seeds:- 1 Tsp
• Green Chilli (very finely chopped):- 2
• Water as per requirement.

Procedure:-

1) Chop the methi leaves slightly and set it aside.

2) Mix everything in a bowl except water, add water little by little to make a stiff dough ( dough should not be very soft)

3)Cover the dough with a damp cloth or paper towel and let it sit for 10-15 minutes

4)Heat a oil in a deep frying pan ( kadai) on high heat.

5)Now make a lime size ball from the dough and roll each into a small circles with rolling pin .

6) Deep fry poori's in hot oil for a minute, turn side & fry until puffed and golden in color

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Mooli / White Raddish Thepla

Theplas are parathas made with curd and spices.This delicious and healthy theplas are great for picnics or travel as they are soft and can last for few days.Add methi leaves instead of mooli to make methi theplas.

Ingredients:-


• Whole Wheat Flour:- 3 Cups
• Mooli/White Raddish:- 1 1/2 Cup
• Curd/yogurt:- 1/2 cup
• Salt as per taste
• Ajwain/ carom seeds:- 1 Tsp
• Coriander leaves:- 2 Tbsp
• Red Chilli powder:- 1 Tsp
• Turmeric powder:- 1/2 Tsp
• Coriander powder:- 1 Tsp
• Cumin powder:- 1 Tsp
• Water as needed

Procedure:-

1) Sieve the flour in a bowl and mix in all the ingredients.(except water).

2) Mix water bit by bit to make a dough and let it rest for 3-4 minutes

3) Now make a small lemon size ball from the dough and roll like chapati.

4) Now heat the tava and roast the chapati on both sides with oil

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Aloo Palak Paratha

Here is the another fun way to make Aloo paratha. One thing i love most about these parathas is their bright green color..This version is good for kids too as they love to eat colored food..

Ingredients:-

For the dough:-

4 cups Whole Wheat Flour
1 cup Pureed Spinach
Water as per requirement

For the Stuffing:-

2 large Rustic Potato( Boiled, peeled & Mashes)
Salt as per requirement
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1 tsp Garam Masala
1 tsp Aamchoor/Dried Mango Powder
1 tsp Ajwain
1 tbsp Finely chopped Ginger
1/2 Finely chopped Onion

Procedure:-

To make the dough:-

1) In a bowl mix together flour and spinach puree..
2) Use water to make a dough..
3) Let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.

To make the stuffing:-

1)Mash the potatoes in a separate bowl.
2)Mix salt, red chilli powder, garam masala, ajwain, aamchoor, onion & ginger in the potatoes well.

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