Mooli paratha - 1

As many of my regular readers know, I am a huge fan of stuffed parathas, just like my parents. Aayi always mentions the parathas that my brother’s cook made. When the cook left, my brother would bring parathas from some hotel for her. One of their favorites is mooli paratha. I had not tried making these before. Few days ago, I had to use up a radish and I thought it was good idea to try making these and they came out delicious. My kids who did not want to eat any vegetables, didn’t complain when I gave them these. I thought I would write it down here so that I won’t forget again.

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Pictorial: I used this huge radish we get here. It had lot of water. I grated it in food processor. Squeeze the water out of it. Almost a cup of water came out of it!.

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Make the stuffing. Stuff the stuffing in outer cover. Roll into paratha.

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Radish Paratha (Mooli Paratha)

Ingredients

  • For Stuffing
  • 2 cups grated radish
  • 1 tea spn chilli powder
  • 1/2 tea spn amchoor powder
  • 1/2 tea spn garam masala
  • 1 tea spn ginger garlic paste
  • A pinch turmeric powder
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • For Cover
  • 2 cups water water drained from radish and plain water
  • 4 cups wheat flour
  • Ghee/Oil optional

Instructions

  • Peel and grate the radish.
  • Take the grated radish in a clean thin cloth, Squeeze it out till most of the water is drained out of it.
  • Use that water to make the dough.
  • Mix water salt and wheat flour to make the dough.
  • Knead it very well. Apply a little oil to it and keep it aside for atleast 30mins.
  • In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil, add ginger garlic paste and then the radish.
  • Fry for few minutes, add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, amchoor powder, salt.
  • Mix everything well. Take off the heat and let it cool to room temperature.
  • Take ping pong sized ball of cover, roll it into a small circle.
  • Take a ball of stuffing, keep it on the cover and seal the cover around the stuffing.
  • Roll into paratha (be careful while rolling, taking care not to rip the cover. It takes a bit of practice to get this right.).
  • Roast the paratha on hot tava.
  • Serve hot with pickle and plain yogurt. I mix a little chaat masala in yogurt and serve that with paratha.

Notes

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Radish Paratha (Mooli Paratha)

Ingredients

  • For Stuffing
  • 2 cups grated radish
  • 1 tea spn chilli powder
  • 1/2 tea spn amchoor powder
  • 1/2 tea spn garam masala
  • 1 tea spn ginger garlic paste
  • A pinch turmeric powder
  • Oil
  • Salt
  • For Cover
  • 2 cups water water drained from radish and plain water
  • 4 cups wheat flour
  • Ghee/Oil optional

Instructions

  • Peel and grate the radish.
  • Take the grated radish in a clean thin cloth, Squeeze it out till most of the water is drained out of it.
  • Use that water to make the dough.
  • Mix water salt and wheat flour to make the dough.
  • Knead it very well. Apply a little oil to it and keep it aside for atleast 30mins.
  • In a thick bottomed pan, heat oil, add ginger garlic paste and then the radish.
  • Fry for few minutes, add turmeric powder, chilli powder, garam masala, amchoor powder, salt.
  • Mix everything well. Take off the heat and let it cool to room temperature.
  • Take ping pong sized ball of cover, roll it into a small circle.
  • Take a ball of stuffing, keep it on the cover and seal the cover around the stuffing.
  • Roll into paratha (be careful while rolling, taking care not to rip the cover. It takes a bit of practice to get this right.).
  • Roast the paratha on hot tava.
  • Serve hot with pickle and plain yogurt. I mix a little chaat masala in yogurt and serve that with paratha.

Notes

Pepper Masala Chicken - 24

I have this crazy desire to make different kinds of chicken dishes every time. I change one or the other ingredient every time to see if I can come up with a new dish. Most of the times they all taste almost same even though I switch around something. V loves spicy chicken, so few weeks ago I tried this spicy pepper masala chicken. It reminded me of our days in Bangalore when we loved to eat at Andhra restaurants. I served it with simple spinach dal and rice. It was a very comforting meal.

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Pictorial: Fry onions and ginger-garlic paste. Add all the dry masalas and fry for few minutes. Add tomatoes and cook till they are mushy. Then add marinated chicken. Cook till done.

Pepper Masala Chicken

Ingredients

  • 1 lb 1/2 kg approx boneless chicken
  • A pinch turmeric
  • 1/2 cup onion
  • 1/2 cup tomatoes
  • 1 tea spn chilli powder
  • 1/2 tea spn coarse pepper powder
  • 1 tea spn coriander powder
  • 1 tea spn cumin powder
  • 1/2 tea spn garam masala
  • 1/2 tea spn amchoor powder
  • 7-8 curry leaves
  • 1 tea spn ginger garlic powder
  • 1 tbl spn plain yogurt curd
  • Oil
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Apply turmeric powder, a little salt and yogurt to chicken pieces and keep aside for atleast 1 hr.
  • Heat oil, add curry leaves, onion, ginger-garlic paste.
  • Fry till onion is slightly brownish.
  • Now add all dry powders, fry for a min till nice aroma comes out.
  • Add tomatoes and fry till they are mushy.
  • Add chicken pieces and mix well.
  • Cover and cook till chicken is done. In between mix everything couple of times to make sure it doesn’t burn.
  • Serve hot.