Healthy Matar Paneer Paratha Recipe

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Prep Time 30 Minutes

Cooking Time 15 Minutes

Servings 2-3

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Matar Paneer Paratha is a tempting and healthy Indian flat bread which is stuffed with yummy paneer and matar (peas) filling. This paratha is mouth-watering, flavorful, and delightful dish for your family. It is perfect for morning breakfast and can be served with any side dish. Try this healthy and lip-smacking paratha at your home.

Ingredients

For The Dough

2 cupsplain flour (maida)
1 cupwhole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
1/4 cuprice flour (chawal ka atta)
a pinchof sugar
a pinchof baking powder (optional)
tbspghee

For The Stuffing

1 cupgreen peas, boiled and mashed
1potato , boiled, peeled and grated
250 gmpaneer (cottage cheese), grated
1 tspghee
1/2 cupgrated onions
1 tspginger-garlic (adrak-lehsun)
1/2 tspchili powder
1 tspcumin seeds (jeera) powder
1/2 tspcoriander (dhania) seeds powder
saltto taste

Other Ingredients

whole wheatflour (gehun ka atta) for rolling
oilfor cooking

Directions

For the dough

Step1In a bowl, add plain flour, wheat flour, rice flour, sugar, baking powder, sugar, and enough water and knead into a soft dough.
Step2Add the ghee and knead it again and cover it with a wet muslin cloth and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
Step3After 30 min, knead it again, divide the dough into equal portions and keep it aside.

For the stuffing

Step1In a bowl, add potatoes, green peas, paneer and salt and mix it well and keep it aside.
Step2Heat ghee in a pan, add the onions and ginger-garlic paste, mix it well and fry till onions turn golden brown in color.
Step3Add the potatoes-green peas mixture and mix it well and add chili powder, coriander powder and mix it well.
Step4Switch off the flame and divide the stuffing into equal portions and keep it aside.

How to proceed

Step1Roll out a portion of the dough into a circle of 4” diameter and place a portion of the stuffing in the center and bring the edges together at the center and seal it tightly.
Step2Roll out again into a circle of 6" diameter and dust a little whole wheat flour.
Step3Heat a tawa, place a paratha over it and cook each paratha by using a little oil and cook till golden brown spots appear on both the sides.
Step4Serve it hot with any pickle of your choice.