Methi Paratha Recipe
Methi Paratha is a healthy spiced paratha made by mixing tempered methi leaves with wheat flour in the regular making of paratha. Methi Paratha is an nice idea of including greens in the meal. This has a nice aroma, flavor because of fresh methi leaves. It can be made easily at home without much effort.
Servings7 parathas
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup fresh methi leaves loosely packed
- ½ teaspoon jeera
- ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon jeera powder
- ¼ teaspoon chat masala powder
- salt to taste
- water as required
- 1 teaspoon oil plus for toasting
Instructions
- Clean the methi leaves, chop it roughly rinse it in water and keep it ready.
- Heat oil in a kadai, add jeera let it crackle. Add methi leaves and sauté for a minute until it shrinks. Now add red chilli powder, jeera powder, chat masala powder and required salt.
- Saute for 2 mins. Now add this to whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl.
- Add oil, first mix well with your fingers.
- Now add water little by little to form a smooth non sticky dough like chapathi dough .Let the dough rest at least for 15mins, keep covered.
- Roll into small lemon sized balls. Take one ball, dust flour and roll it slightly thin as shown.
- Like ways roll all the parathas ready. Heat tawa, cook the parathas first on one side, drizzle oil and cook on both sides till golden spots appear here and there. Serve Methi Paratha hot!
Notes
- Cleaning methi – I clean the methi leaves well. I remove the thick stems and wash it well in water before using it.
- Reducing bitterness – I sauté methi before adding it to the dough. This step helps in reducing bitterness and gives good flavor.
- Dough resting – I let the dough rest for some time after kneading it. This makes paratha soft and also easy to roll.
- Spice – I add spice powders according to our taste. Sometimes I add garam masala instead of chat masala just for change.
- Cooking fat – I mostly cook using oil, but at times I have used ghee also for little more rich taste and aroma.
Nutrition Facts
Methi Paratha Recipe
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 82
Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Trans Fat 0.003g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.5g
Sodium 3mg0%
Potassium 70mg2%
Carbohydrates 15g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 0.1g0%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 48IU1%
Vitamin C 0.02mg0%
Calcium 142mg14%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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