Bathua Ka Paratha (Healthy Bathua Recipe)

Bathua, also called Chenopodium Album, Melde, Lamb’s Quarters, Goosefoot or Fats-Hen, is a standard leafy inexperienced, particularly used to make a wide range of dishes within the North Indian delicacies repertoire. This Bathua Ka Paratha recipe is one such well-liked and engaging flatbread made with complete wheat flour and bathua leaves. The awesomeness of this dish actually lies within the taste of this seasonal inexperienced and in addition the simplicity of it.

About Bathua Ka Paratha

Other than the Hindi time period bathua, this explicit inexperienced has many different regional names. As an example, ‘chakwat’ in Marathi, ‘pappukura’ in Telugu, ‘paruppukkirai’ in Tamil, ‘kaduoma’ in Kannada, ‘vastuccira’ in Malayalam and ‘chakvit’ in Konkani.

Since I together with the members of my household are all paratha lovers, I make it some extent to make this Bathua Ka Paratha usually at house. After all, when it’s in season. Apart from the parathas, we’re additionally keen on the bathua raita. So, I additionally make that at house.

The Bathua Ka Paratha recipe is much like the way in which I put together Palak Paratha. At instances, I even add some potatoes within the paratha.

I cook dinner each the bathua leaves and potatoes chopped in small cubes collectively. Then, combine them with the entire wheat flour and knead. It’s higher to make use of solely the leaves and never the stems whereas making this paratha.

Bathua leaves are generally consumed in northern components of India and is well out there throughout winters. Additionally it is one of many greens added within the Punjabi Sarson Ka Saag. Bathua is warming and thus, is nice for consumption through the chilly months.

Bathua Ka Paratha makes for a superb winter breakfast together with some Mango Pickle or lemon pickle. I additionally like the mix of this paratha with some Amla Pickle on the aspect.

The right way to make Bathua ki Puri from the identical dough

You can use the identical dough to make Bathua ki Puri. Merely bear in mind to knead the dough to a stiff, agency or semi-firm texture.

To attain this drain all of the water from the cooked leaves totally earlier than including to the flour. Attempt to not add any water whereas kneading. Provided that you should add water, then embody it.

Moreover in some situations, relying on the standard and texture of flour, it’s possible you’ll want so as to add some extra flour to attain this stiff and agency texture within the puri dough.

Finely chop the inexperienced chillies or you possibly can use inexperienced chili paste to make the puri dough. Be happy so as to add the spices and seasonings you like to the dough.

Step-by-Step Information

The right way to make Bathua Paratha

Prepare dinner Bathua & Potatoes

1. Pluck the leaves from the stems of bathua greens. You will want about 4 cups of bathua leaves (175 grams). Rinse the leaves very properly a couple of instances. Drain all of the water.

2. Take the leaves in a pan. Add ⅓ cup of water and blend.

3. Maintain the pan on the stovetop. Cowl with a lid and cook dinner the leaves on low to medium-low warmth.

4. In between, test if the leaves are finished.

5. When the leaves are wilted, swap off the warmth and preserve the pan apart.

6. If you happen to plan so as to add potatoes, minimize them in small cubes and cook dinner with the bathua leaves. You possibly can add about ½ cup water, if utilizing potatoes and may add 1 medium to giant potato.

Make Dough

7. Take 2 cups complete wheat flour.

8. Add ½ teaspoon carom seeds, ½ teaspoon cumin seeds or cumin powder, a pinch of asafoetida and ½ teaspoon salt or add as required.

9. Combine very properly. Now, pressure the leaves very properly, draining all of the water and add them to the flour.

10. Add 1 to 2 chopped inexperienced chilies and ½ tablespoon oil.

You possibly can skip inexperienced chilies, if you would like. You may also add pink chili powder, as a substitute of inexperienced chilies.

11. Combine very properly first. Then, collect the dough and knead.

If required, then solely add water. Don’t add water, if the dough might be kneaded simply with the moisture from the bathua leaves. Whenever you knead the dough, the bathua leaves additionally get mashed.

12. Knead to a easy dough. Let the dough relaxation for 20 minutes.

If in case you have used potatoes additionally, then you definitely gained’t want so as to add any water whereas kneading the dough.

The moisture from the bathua leaves and potatoes shall be sufficient to bind the dough.

Assemble and Roll Dough

13. Make small to medium-sized balls from the dough. Take a ball and mud it with some flour.

14. Roll to a 4 to five inches spherical disc. Unfold some ghee or oil on it, make a fold and convey within the heart.

Make one other fold overlapping the primary fold. Unfold ghee on these folds too.

15. Fold sideways.

16. Sprinkle some flour on the folded dough.

17. Roll to a sq. paratha.

Make Bathua Ka Paratha

18. Warmth a tawa or griddle and place the paratha on it.

19. Prepare dinner on medium to excessive warmth.

20. Flip, when the paratha is ¼ᵗʰ cooked.

21. Unfold some oil or ghee on the paratha.

22. Flip once more when the second aspect is ½ cooked.

23. Unfold ghee or oil on this aspect too.

24. Flip a few instances. Prepare dinner until the parathas are evenly roasted. Equally roast the parathas in batches.

25. Serve Bathua Ka Paratha sizzling or you possibly can even stack them in a casserole or hotpot and serve heat.

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This Bathua ka Paratha from the archives was first revealed on January 2017. It has been up to date and republished on Could 2024.