Matar Paratha | Peas Paratha » Dassana’s Veg Recipes

Inexperienced peas paratha is a scrumptious entire wheat flatbread full of spiced mashed peas filling. These no onion no garlic matar paratha might be made for a filling breakfast or lunch or may also be packed in a lunch field.

There are various variations of creating peas paratha. Right here I’m sharing a household recipe which is once more a favourite with my of us. The recipe is probably the most easiest model of matar ka paratha made with minimal spices. So what you get is the style and taste of peas with out being dominated by too many spices.

The very best is to make use of contemporary inexperienced peas. in India, winter is the time for contemporary inexperienced peas and I’m sort of late in posting the recipe. However nonetheless, contemporary peas can be found available in the market. So that you can provide it a strive making these parathas.

In case you actually shouldn’t have any choice, then make with frozen peas. This stuffed paratha style superb and I’m positive children will love them.

Peas paratha might be served plain or together with a aspect mango pickle or lemon pickle. You may as well pack these parathas in a tiffin field.

Step-by-Step Information

The right way to make Matar Paratha

Getting ready dough

1. First take 2 cups entire wheat flour, ½ teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoon oil in a mixing bowl or pan.

2. Combine very effectively.

3. Then add ½ cup water and start to knead. Add extra water if required whereas kneading.

4. Knead to a tender and easy dough. Cowl and preserve apart for half-hour.

Getting ready peas paratha stuffing

1. Steam 1.25 cups contemporary peas (125 grams) in a stovetop strain cooker or electrical rice cooker. Steam the inexperienced peas and don’t boil them in water.

For steaming, take the inexperienced peas in a pan. Add 1 cup water to the cooker. Place the pan with the inexperienced peas within the cooker. Now strain prepare dinner for 3 to 4 whistles. I used an electrical rice cooker to steam the inexperienced peas.

2. Drain the inexperienced peas very effectively. There shouldn’t be any water in them. Enable them to change into heat or cool at room temperature.

3. Mash the inexperienced peas coarsely with a potato masher or the again of a spoon or fork. Maintain apart.

4. Warmth a pan. Decrease the warmth and add ½ teaspoon cumin seeds in it.

5. Roast the cumin seeds until they change into aromatic.

6. Take away and add the roasted cumin seeds to the mashed peas.

7. In the identical pan, on low warmth, add 1 tablespoon besan (gram flour).

8. Stirring typically, roast the besan.

9. The besan ought to change into fragrant. Its rawness ought to go away. The colour of besan can even change. Don’t brown an excessive amount of or burn the besan.

10. Add the roasted besan to the mashed peas.

11. Add 1 inexperienced chili (finely chopped) and a pinch of asafoetida (hing).

12. Add 1 to 1.5 tablespoon finely chopped coriander leaves and salt as per style. You may as well add ¼ teaspoon Garam masala powder.

13. Combine very effectively. In case you really feel the peas combination is simply too moist, you may add ½ to 1 tablespoon extra of the roasted besan.

Assembling and getting ready matar ka paratha

1. Pinch small balls from the dough. Roll them and preserve them lined.

2. On a rolling board take 2 small dough balls and mud them with entire wheat flour.

3. Roll every of them to a spherical of 4 to five inches in diameter.

4. Place the inexperienced peas stuffing on one of many rolled rounds. On this step, you too can sprinkle some flour on the peas stuffing. This can assist to soak up the moisture from the stuffing.

5. Cowl with the second and seal the sides firmly. Sprinkle some wheat flour on either side.

6. Roll gently to a paratha of about 6 to 7 inches. Sprinkle flour as required whereas rolling.

Cooking matar ka paratha

7. Warmth a tawa or skillet and let it change into sizzling. Place the paratha on the new tawa. On medium to excessive warmth, start to roast the paratha.

8. When one aspect is partially cooked (about ¼th) then flip utilizing a spatula.

9. Unfold some oil or ghee on prime.

10. Flip once more.

11. Unfold some oil or ghee on this aspect too. The quantity of oil or ghee to be unfold relies upon upon you.

12. Flip the matar paratha once more. Cook dinner until the bottom will get some golden spots.

13. Flip once more. if the matar paratha has been stuffed and rolled effectively, it should begin puffing up whereas cooking.

Press the paratha edges with a spatula too, in order that they’re cooked effectively. As typically the sides of the paratha stay raw. So guarantee that also they are cooked evenly.

14. Flip as soon as extra or twice and roast until the matar paratha is evenly cooked and has golden blisters on prime.

This fashion make all of the parathas. Whereas making the subsequent paratha if there are any flour particles on the tawa then wipe them with kitchen paper towels.

15. Serve peas paratha sizzling or heat. You may as well stack them in a roti basket and later serve heat.

Serve these filling and scrumptious peas paratha for breakfast with a aspect accompaniment of lemon pickle or mango pickle. You may as well serve them with some butter or curd. You may as well pack them in a lunch field.

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This Matar Paratha submit from the archives (February 2016) has been republished and up to date on 28 September 2021.