Vegetable Paratha And Raita For A Perfect Healthy Breakfast
Here is a simple recipe for vegetable paratha that is full of fresh vegetables, easy to make, and good to kick start your day.
Author: Nicolette Roux
- 2 cups whole-wheat flour
- ½ cup grated green cabbage
- ½ cup grated carrots
- ½ cup crushed green peas
- ½ cup finely chopped fenugreek leaves
- 1 teaspoon green chilly paste
- 1 teaspoon fresh ginger-garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
- ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Salt to taste
- Water
- Oil/ghee
Heat 2 teaspoons oil/ghee in a pan. Add fennel seeds and allow them to splutter. Add turmeric, ginger-garlic paste, green chilly paste, coriander powder, and stir well. Then add all the vegetable one-by-one and mix well. Add salt and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat when the veggies are little moist. Keep aside the veggie mix and let it cool for 5 minutes. Transfer the veggie mix to a large mixing bowl. Add whole-wheat flour and mix it well. Add little water while kneading the dough. Add a little more flour if more binding is required. Form dough that is soft but tight enough to roll. Give a final knead with 1 teaspoon oil in your hand and keep aside for 15 minutes.
Make 6-8 equal size balls of the dough. Take a single ball and roll it in dry flour. Roll the paratha with a rolling pin. When it is your palm size, just brush a little oil and fold to make a semi-circle. Again brush a little oil and fold to make the shape of a quarter pie. Again dust it with dry flour and roll till it becomes disk size.
Heat griddle on high. Make sure your griddle is nicely hot and place a paratha on it. Turn it over after 5-6 seconds with a spatula. Again turn over after 5-6 seconds. Brush a little oil/ghee to both the sides and cook the paratha till it has nice light brown spots on both sides. Remove on a paper towel. Brush it with little butter (optional) and serve with raita, achar, or tamarind and dates chutney.
Raita Ingredients
- 1 cup set yogurt
- 1 cup chopped white onions
- ½ cup seeded and chopped tomatoes
- Handful of chopped cilantro
- ½ teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- Salt to taste
Beat yogurt in a bowl. Add all other ingredients and mix well. Serve cold with parathas or as a side dish with any type of rice or with snacks.