Carrot Radish Paratha

 Hello everyone,

Parathas are traditional Punjabi cuisine. Mostly parathas are prepared for breakfast and people used to eat with pickle and curd/yogurt.

I always love stuffed parathas. I tasted radish/mooli paratha in Bobby Da Dabha near Ulsoor, Bangalore for the first time. The parathas they serve are delicious.

I usually make sambhar or paratha using radish. When I thought of making radish paratha, I found I had only one which is not sufficient to make parathas for 3 people. That’s when I thought it will taste better if I add carrot.

This Carrot Radish paratha is prepared with grated carrot and radish  and some spices.

Carrot and Radish mix is stuffed in the parathas which gives unique flavor and taste.

Ingredients

For the stuffing:

Grated Carrot-1 Cup

Grated Radish-1Cup

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Chili powder- 1/2tsp

Cumin powder-1/2 tsp

Amchur powder-1/4 tsp

Ajwain/carom seeds-1/4 tsp

Coriander leaves- few finely chopped

Salt- as per taste

For the dough:

Wheat flour/Atta - 1.5 Cups + 1/4 Cup for dusting

Salt- as needed

Water- as needed

Oil- 1tsp

For Roasting:

Oil/Ghee - as needed

Method:

Procedure to make dough:

1. In a large mixing bowl, take wheat flour, salt. Add water little by little to make a soft pliable dough. Then add oil so that the dough will not be sticky.
2. Kneed the dough for 5mins.
3. Cover it with moist cloth and let it rest for 30mins.

Procedure to make stuffing:

While the dough is resting, lets make the stuffing.

1. Squeeze the water completely from grated radish. Keep the extracted radish juice to add in dough.
2. Transfer the radish to a mixing bowl. In the same bowl, add grated carrot and all other ingredients in the 'For the Stuffing' section.

3.Mix well so that all the ingredients are blended with carrot and radish. Now the stuffing is ready.

Assembling and roasting parathas:

1. Take a medium ball sized dough ,roll and flatten it to a circular shape. (Do not make it too thin as we make chapati)
2. Place the carrot radish stuffing in the center.
   
3. Close the stuffing by pinching the edges towards the center.
   
4. Sprinkle some wheat flour and roll it to a think paratha.
   
5. Heat tawa by drizzling some oil/ghee. Once the tawa is hot, place the paratha.
6. Cook the paratha on both the sides by applying some oil/ghee on it. Press it gently.
   
7. Carrot Radish paratha is ready to serve with curd and pickle of your choice.