Time and servings
Time and servings
Ingredients
for palak puree:
- 1 bunch palak leaves / spinach
- 3 cups water
- 1 inch ginger
- 1 green chilli
for dough:
- 2 cup wheat flour
- ½ tsp ajwain / carom seeds
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp oil
- water as required (to knead dough)
other ingredients:
- ½ cup wheat flour (to dust)
- oil / ghee / for roasting
Instructions
- firstly, prepare a dough with palak puree.
- further pinch a medium sized ball dough, roll and flatten it.
- also dust with some wheat flour.
- and roll it in a thin circle like chapathi or paratha.
- now on a hot tawa place the rolled paratha and cook for a minute.
- furthermore, when the base is partly cooked, flip and cook.
- also brush oil / ghee and press slightly.
- finally, serve palak paratha with raita and pickle.
Palak puree recipe
1
firstly, in a large vessel add enough water and get to boil.
2
further add washed palak leaves.
3
get the water to boil. do not over boil as palak will loose its nutritious.
4
transfer the blanched palak into blender without adding water.
5
also add in ginger and chilli. cool completely.
6
further blend to smooth puree without adding any extra water.
Palak paratha dough recipe
1
firstly, in a large bowl take 2 cups of wheat flour.
2
further add ½ tsp ajwain, salt to taste and 2 tsp oil.
3
also add prepared palak puree.
4
combine well making sure the palak gets mixed well uniformly.
5
furthermore, add water as required and knead for 5 minutes.
6
make sure to knead to smooth and soft dough.
7
grease the dough with little oil.
8
cover with moist cloth and rest for 30 minutes.
Palak paratha preparation recipe
1
now pinch a medium sized ball dough, roll and flatten it.
2
also dust with some wheat flour.
3
further roll it in a thin circle like chapathi or paratha.
4
now on a hot tawa place the rolled paratha and cook for a minute.
5
furthermore, when the base is partly cooked, flip the palak paratha.
6
also brush oil / ghee and press slightly.
7
further, flip again once or twice till both the sides are cooked properly.
Video
Notes
- firstly, skip the green chilli, if you are serving for kids.
- also instead of blanching palak, you can also finely chop and add to dough like made for methi thepla.
- furthermore, palak paratha taste great when roasted with ghee.
- additionally, add coriander leaves for more flavours.
- finally, to prepare palak paneer paratha, stuff the paneer stuffing into palak paratha.
Original recipe by Hebbar’s Kitchen: https://hebbarskitchen.com/palak-paratha-recipe-spinach-paratha/