Onion paratha recipe
- Whole wheat flour: 1½ cup (Shall make 6-8 - paratha)
- Onion: 1-2 (finely chopped)
- Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
- Red chilly powder: ¼ teaspoon
- Coriander (dhania) powder: ¼ teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Oil for making parathas
- Carom (Ajwain) seeds: ½ teaspoon—
- Anise seeds (Choti Saunf): ½ teaspoon
- Cumin (jeera) powder: ¼ teaspoon
- Curd/yogurt: 2 tablespoon (optional)1)
- Roasted Green chilies:- Green chilies: 2-4-
- Salt: 4-5 spoons
- Oil: 1 tablespoon
Method:
- Making of Onion Paratha:Roast the carom, anise, and cumin seed in a pan.
- Let it cool down and then roughly crush them into powder. Fine chop the onions.
- Now take the wheat flour, and add the fine chopped onion, with all the spices powder, roasted seeds powder and salt.
- Mix it well. Add a table spoon of oil. Than add water slowly to knead to make a nice smooth dough.
- You may use around ½ cup of water. The dough shall be smooth and soft.
- Cover and leave the dough with a tissue/ cloth and set aside for about 5-10 minutes (if in hurry, than no need to set aside).
- To make paratha/flatbread, divide the dough into balls. Take the data-size large as of a large lemon.
- Take a ball, dust with flour and roll out to a flat thin disc.
- Heat a tava/pan (griddle). When well heated, place a paratha on the tava.
- Roast on medium flame both sides using the oil. Please refer to the link (Paratha-Indian Bread).
- for Roasted Green chilies:Wash the green chilies in water. Now make a long slit in the chili.
- Ones slit is made de-seed the green chilies. That means, remove all the seeds from the green-chilies with the help of the sharp knife.
- Now rub the salt outside and inside the green chilies.
- Leave the green chilies with the salt rubbed for about 10 minutes or more.
- Than take a small pan and heat oil. Add the green chilies and roast the chilies from both the sides.
- It will take just a micro second for the green chilies to turn a bit brown.
- Soon, remove them from the pan and keep aside.
- Add again the salt on the roasted chilies and serve with the paratha or like any thing as a spicy side dish.