Charishma's Aloo Parathas

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 potatoes, washed and unpeeled
• 1/2 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• salt
• 1 cup whole wheat flour (atta)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1/2 green chili, finely chopped
• water, to knead the paratha dough
• oil, to shallow fry

Recipe

• 1 pressure cook the potatoes up to 4 whistles in the pressure cooker. remove from heat and allow to cool.
• 2 mash the peeled potatoes thoroughly in a bowl.
• 3 add all the spice powders to the potato dough.
• 4 in another bowl add flour and water. slowly knead this mixture to obtain a flour dough.
• 5 now pinch off small portions of the flour dough and fill it with the potato dough.
• 6 make round balls and press each between the palms of your hands.
• 7 roll out each ball, not very large, about 6 inch in diameter (the same way as you make rotis).
• 8 heat a flat bottomed pan (tawa) and place the rolled out ball on it.
• 9 cook on one side until brown specs appear pouring a little oil on the underside.
• 10 flip and cook on this side too using a little oil until brown specs appear.
• 11 serve hot with yoghurt and mango pickle.