Aloo- Peas Paratha

My skill at making chappathis/parathas is limited. I can make soft but shapeless chappathis. That is the extent of my skills. Stuffed parathas are way out of my league. But I couldn't resist trying it when I saw the Aloo parata at En Samayal Pakam . I found another interesting looking Aloo Paratha at Mane Adige . The below recipe is inspired by both.

Aloo - Peas Paratha

Ingredients:

For dough:

Durum Atta- 2 cups
salt- 1/4 tsp

warm Milk - 1/4 cup

Yougurt - 1 tbsp

Oil - 2 tsp
water- as required

For stuffing:
potato-1 (boiled)

Shallot - 1 small, chopped

Chili pwd - 1/4 tsp

Turmeric pwd - a pinch

Any masala you have (I used rajma masala) - 1/4 tsp

Frozen peas - a handful

Oil - 1 tsp

Salt - To taste

Instructions:

1. Mix all the ingredients for the dough together. Add warm water little by little and knead well to make dough. Wrap it in plastic wrap and set aside.


2. Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Add chopped shallot and fry it it starts to turn brown
3. Add chili pwd and turmeric pwd and fry till the raw smell goes away=
4. Add the frozen peas and saute till cooked
5. Add the cooked potaoes and saute till the masala coats the potatoes
6. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and mash well



7. Take a big-lemon sized dough and split it into two.
8. Roll the two small balls into small parathas
9. Place a teaspoon of mashed potato mixture in the middle of one of the parathas and spread it around



10. Place the second paratha on top



11. Use the rolling pin to seal the parathas and together



12. Heat tawa and cook paratha on both sides

Here is the result. I served it for dinner with egg curry.