Mooli paratha recipe - Radish paratha recipe

Mooli paratha recipe- Mooli paratha is a healthy and tasty variety of paratha. It is easy to prepare using the method I have mentioned above. You may think that mooli paratha may have a pungent odour. However, this is not true. To be sure you can try the following step by step method once and see for yourself. It is odourless and as tasty as any other paratha. This delicious mooli paratha is  ideal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It goes well with curd, chutney, pickle and tomato ketchup.

Mooli Paratha Recipe - Radsh Paratha Recipe

Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time : 50 mins
Recipe type : Main-Paratha
Cuisine : Indian
Yield : 10 Parathas
Author : Vidya Chandrahas

Ingredients
For the dough

• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 cup maida / AP flour
• Salt to taste
• Ghee/oil for shallow frying parathas

For the filling

• 3 large sized radish / mooli, grated
• 1½ tsp sambar masala
• 2 tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• Fistful of chopped coriander leaves
• 2 green chilies, chopped
• ½ tsp jeera powder
• A pinch of ajwain
• 2 tbsp to 2 tsp oil (adjust accordingly)
• Salt to taste

Preparation

Mix together the wheat flour and maida. Add salt to it. Knead it to a soft dough of rolling consistency. The dough should be very soft. Cover it with lid and keep it aside till you prepare filling mixture.

Method

1. Peel and grate the radish.  Sqeeze out the water from the grated radish. Add all the ingredients mentioned under "for the filling" and mix with the grated radish.
2. Heat little bit of oil in a pan and add radish to it. Stir the radish mixture on a medium flame and   heat it till the radish become soft.
3. Divide the dough into 20 equal portions. Roll out the round poori sized rotis from it. Spread 2½ to 3 tbsp of radish mixture on one roti.
4. Place another  roti over it. Press the edges gently and slightly pat the paratha with your finger tips.
5. Then gently roll the rolling pin over the paratha and remove the finger marks. Repeat the same process to all other parathas.
6. Now heat the tawa/griddle and smear ¼ tsp ghee/oil on it.  Place the rolled paratha on the tawa. 
7. Pour ¼ tsp ghee/oil on the paratha. Again spread ¼ tsp ghee around the paratha. Shallow fry the  paratha till golden brown from both sides.
8. Transfer to a serving plate, apply ghee and serve hot with choice of your side dish.

Mooli paratha - step by step pictures

1.  Peel and grate the radish.  Sqeeze out the water from the grated radish. Add all the ingredients mentioned under "for the filling" and mix with the grated radish.

2.  Heat little bit of oil in a pan and add radish to it. Stir the radish mixture on a medium flame and   heat it till the radish become soft.

3.  Divide the dough into 20 equal portions. Roll out the round poori sized rotis from it. Spread 2½ to 3 tbsp of radish mixture on one roti.

4.  Place another  roti over it. Press the edges gently and slightly pat the paratha with your finger tips.

 

5.  Then gently roll the rolling pin over the paratha and remove the finger marks. Repeat the same process to all other parathas.

6.  Now heat the tawa/griddle and smear ¼ tsp ghee/oil on it.  Place the rolled paratha on the tawa. 

7.  Pour ¼ tsp ghee/oil on the paratha. Again spread ¼ tsp ghee around the paratha. Shallow fry the  paratha till golden brown from both sides.

 

8.  Transfer to a serving plate, apply ghee and serve hot with choice of your side dish.