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Recipe of Aloo Paratha - How to Make Aloo Paratha at Home
Paratha is one of the most common foods that is taken by people of Northern India, along with other vegetarian or non-vegetarian dishes. The reason for this is simple. It is very easy to prepare, gives a good feeling of satiety after eating and is very cheap to prepare. However, eating any dish regularly can bring monotony & hence chefs & homemakers alike of Northern India have come up with various modifications of this simple dish.
Some of the available different varieties of paratha are – Aloo paratha, laccha paratha, gobi ka paratha, muli ka paratha, and many other different varieties. However, our discussion for this article would be restricted to only the preparation of Aloo Paratha i.e. – Recipe of Aloo Paratha & How to make Aloo Paratha at home?
Aloo Paratha is a type of paratha where the main content is Aloo; or in other words among ingredients for Aloo Paratha, it is the potato content that is of prime importance. Easy Recipe for Aloo Paratha described here is suitable for all those who are thinking about how to make Aloo Paratha at home.
Recipe for Aloo Paratha can vary a bit depending on the ingredients, which may be altered or modified according to a chef’s personal choice. The Recipe of Aloo Paratha in English described here is suitable for all those, who do not have much experience with Indian cooking. Also, we believe that this is the best Recipe for Aloo Paratha when it comes to analyzing the input given in terms of financial cost & manual efforts given and the final output in terms of satiety & satisfaction.
Aloo Paratha Recipe
Ingredients for Aloo Paratha
- White Flour – 2 cups
- Aloo (Potato) – 4 of large size
- Onion – 2 of medium size
- Ginger – 1 inch long (20 gm approximately)
- Green Chilli -1
- Salt – 1/4th teaspoon
- Cumin powder – 1/2 teaspoon
- Coriander powder – 1 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds – 1/4th teaspoon
- Coriander leaves – 20 to 25 grams approximately
- Dried Mango Powder (Amchoor Powder) – ½ teaspoon
- Ghee/Edible oil/Butter – 1/4th cup
- Water – 3 cups
Ingredients for Aloo Paratha
How To Make Aloo Paratha
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Put a cooker on a medium flame burner. Add 3 cups of normal water in it. Cut potatoes vertically from its center, to create two equal parts and put them in the water inside the cooker and boil them for making Aloo Paratha.
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Wait till 6 to 7 whistles come from the cooker, following which switch off the burner and allow the cooker to cool down at room temperature.
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Once the cooker is cooled, take out the potatoes and peel off the outer layer. Next, mash them keeping on a plate and keep it aside.
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Now peel off the onions and cut it into very fine small pieces and transfer these to the plate where the potato has been kept.
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In the same way, cut the green chili into very fine pieces and grate the ginger by a grater. Transfer all the contents into the plate where the potato is kept. Then in the same mixture add salt, cumin powder, coriander powder, Amchoor powder (Dried mango powder) altogether, along with very finely chopped coriander leaves.
Components of Aloo mixture used in Recipe of Aloo Paratha.
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Mash the contents properly and then mix them thoroughly. Now put a non-stick pan on a low medium flame burner. Add 1 teaspoon edible oil in it and allow it to get warmed. Once it gets hot then add cumin seeds in it and stir it a little bit, until its color starts to change. Then add the Aloo (potato) mixture in it and fry it for 3 to 4 minutes. However, keep on stirring the contents continuously.
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After 3 to 4 minutes the burner is switched off and then transfer the fried Aloo mixture to a plate. Next, add white flour slowly to it and keep on mashing the contents and mixing it, till it becomes a hard dough like the one used to make chapati.
Mixing white flour with Aloo mixture in Recipe for Aloo Paratha.
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Next, divide the main dough into many balls like that used to prepare chapati.
Aloo flour mixture balls used for making Aloo Paratha.
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Now, take these small balls containing Aloo, Flour & other mixture and roll them by rolling pin to turn them into a chapati like shape.
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Put a non – stick tawa on a medium flame burner and fry the previously prepared uncooked parathas from both sides and put ghee/oil/butter (in amounts mentioned previously) on both sides of it.
Aloo paratha being prepared by using Aloo Paratha Recipe.
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In the same way, all the pieces can be fried.
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Aloo Paratha preparation is ready now for consumption by your family members or friends.
Final dish prepared by Aloo Paratha Recipe.
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Aloo Paratha tastes best when it is served along with tomato sauce/green chutney/pickle etc.
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One important tip to be mentioned here is that, at the time of frying, the Parathas should not get burnt. So according to the need adjust the flame of your burner.
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