02.12.09
Ingredients:
2 cups Chapati Flour
1 cup Spinach (palak), finely chopped and steamed
1tbsp. oil
Salt to taste
1/4th tsp. chili powder or black pepper powder
Oil / butter to shallow fry
Method:
Drain the steamed spinach and cool it to room temperature.
Now mix all ingredients- flour, spinach (palak), salt, chili powder, cumin seeds and 1 tbsp. oil .
Add enough water to make a dough of rolling consistency.
Cover it and keep aside for 30 minutes.
Then make small balls and roll them like parathas.
Put the palak paratha on the tawa (Griddle) and make like you make any paratha.
Serve palak parantha hot with home-made butter,curd or chutney of your choice.
02.12.09
Ingredients:
4 cups White Flour (Maida)
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Milk
1 tbsp Sugar
1 Egg
4 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Nigella seeds (Kalunji)
Method:
Sift the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl and make a well in the middle.
Mix the sugar, milk, eggs 2tbsp of oil in a bowl.
Pour this into the center of the flour and knead adding water if necessary to form soft dough.
Add the remaining oil, knead again, then cover with damp cloth and allow the dough to stand for 15 minutes. Knead the dough again and cover and leave for 2-3 hours.
About half an before the naan are required, turn on the oven to maximum heat.
Divide the dough into 8 balls and allow rest for 3-4 minutes.
Sprinkle a baking sheet with nigella seeds and put it in the oven to heat while the dough is resting.
Shape each ball of dough with the palms to make an oval shape.
Bake the indian bread naan until puffed up and golden brown. Serve hot.
02.12.09
Ingredients:
2 cups Whole Wheat Flour (atta)
2 cups Gram Flour (Beasn)
1 tsp Cumin Seeds (jeera)
2 tbsp Dry fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi)
Red chili powder to taste
Salt to taste
A pinch of turmeric powder
2 tbsp oil
Water to knead
Method:
Mix Wheat flours gram flour, salt, chili powder, turmeric powder and mix well.
Make powder of fenugreek leaves and mix it to the flour.
Rub oil into the flour, slowly add water and make a soft dough and keep it covered with damp cloth for 30 minutes.
Knead well again the dough and make balls.
Roll into a slightly thick chapati than usual. Pre-heat the girdle (tawa) and cook the missi roti with or without oil.