Palak Paratha
Palak Paratha is a delicious and healthy Indian flatbread made from spiced whole wheat flour combined with pureed spinach
Yield: 10 parathas
Calories: 165kcal
Materials
For making spinach/ Palak puree:
- 200 gms Fresh spinach leaves
- 2 Green chillies
- 1-inch Ginger peeled
- 2 to 3 cups Water for blanching spinach leaves
For making dough:
- 2 cups Wheat flour
- 1 tsp Ajwain/ Carom seeds
- Salt per taste
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Water as required for kneading
Other ingredients:
- Wheat flour for dusting the dough balls
- Oil/ Ghee for roasting
Instructions
For making spinach/ Palak puree:
- Firstly, in a large clean vessel, boil 2 to 3 cups of water.
- When water starts boiling, add the rinsed and clean spinach leaves into the boiling water.
- Let the palak leaves boil for a few minutes, maybe for 2 to 3 minutes. Do not overcook, as palak will lose its nutrients.
- Then, drain the palak leaves and put it into blender or mixer, without water.
- Also, add 2 or 3 green chillies and 1-inch ginger piece.
- Blend it into the nice and smooth puree, without adding water.
For making dough:
- In a large mixing bowl, add 2 cups of wheat flour.
- Then, add 1 tsp of ajwain or carom seeds, 1 tbsp oil and salt per taste in the bowl.
- Also, add freshly blended palak puree into the bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients evenly with your hands or spatula.
- Now, knead the mixed ingredients nicely and add water as required to form a smooth and soft dough.
- Grease the dough with little oil and cover and let the dough rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
For rolling and making palak paratha:
- After 10 minutes, knead the dough again and pinch a lemon sized ball. Simultaneously, place the tawa to heat on low medium flame.
- Roll the dough ball and flatten it and dust it into lose wheat flour.
- Further, roll it into a thin circle as we do for chapati and roti.
- Now place the rolled paratha on the hot tawa and cook till you see some bubbles and is partial cooked.
- Flip the paratha with the flat spatula and let it cook from the other side.
- Apply some oil on the top side and again flip the paratha and apply oil on the other side.
- Transfer the palak paratha in the serving plate and serve hot paratha with raita, curd, pickle or veggie of your choice.