One of the easiest recipes that can be prepared for a breakfast or lunch or dinner is a stuffed paratha. They are very filling and are a hit with my family. Paratha stuffed with Aloo curry is the easiest of stuffed parathas. Chapathi dough stuffed with spiced mashed potates (aloo) and cooked on a hot tawa with butter or ghee with simple daal or homemade curd makes an excellent breakfast, brunch and dinner in my home.
Ingredients
For stuffing/filling
4-5 potatoes
1 tbs. cooking oil
½ tsp cumin seeds
1/4th tsp turmeric powder
2-3 green chillies, finely chopped
Handful of coriander leaves, finely chopped
1/2 tsp. Garam Masala
1/2 tsp. amchoor or dry mango powder (optional)
Salt to taste
For dough
2 cups wheat flour
1/4th cup wheat flour for dusting
1 tbs. ghee / butter / oil
Salt to taste
2 tbsp curd/ yogurt
Enough water to make dough
2-3 tsp ghee or butter for frying paratha’s
Procedure
Making the filling
Heat oil in a small frying pan and add cumin seeds allow them to crackle and remove from heat. Boil potatoes, cool, peel and mash the potatoes (You can pressure cook or microwave potatoes). Add all the ingredients for stuffing along with the fried seasoning and mix well. The mix should be dry, free of water. Otherwise, it will be difficult to roll out parathas. Keep the stuffing mixture aside.
Making dough
(can be made while potatoes are boiling)
Sieve flour. Add salt, oil or ghee, curd and Add water a little at a time. Knead into medium soft dough. Knead well for 5-6 minutes. This process can be done quickly in a food processor. Cover with a wet cloth and let the dough sit for 20-30 minutes. Knead the dough again
Rolling out parathas (as shown in the picture)
Divide the dough and stuffing into balls of equal portions, now roll one ball at a time in the form of a small puri. Now put a small quantity of above stuffing (potato filling) over it, close it from all sides.Gently pat the stuffed puri in the palms, apply some flour on both sides and roll it gently into a paratha.Now cook on a tava, allow one side to cook when the color changes into light brown color.Turn repeat for other side. Drizzle some butter or ghee on each side and flip. Serve hot.
Notes and Tips
If you are new at making parathas, it is better to have firm dough, which is easier to control while rolling out.
Parathas can be made in advance, cool and stackup cooked parathas on top of each other with a wax paper in between and wrapped in foil and chilled or frozen. They can be de-frosted and re-heated before serving. To re-heat, place 1 paratha on a hot gridle or tawa and cook until it become crisp on both sides.
You can use the similar procedure with uncooked parathas also. Parathas last 2-3 months in freezer and 5-7 days in fridge.
Gorgeous photo.I love the color of that paratha!My atta is almost yellowish and hard.Beautiful P! Enjoy:)
Let me know which brand atta you buy,thanks.
What a beautiful summery-looking treat! As Asha said, gorgeous 🙂
Linda
Thanks Asha, I use Shakti bhog atta. Its really good and rotis are very soft.
Thanks linda.
That picture is truly gorgeous. Those parathas look delicious.
Allo parathas one of my favorite! they look fabulous
hey ur parathas look so uniform & well made!
love alu paratha anytime 🙂
Hi padmaja
unfortunately i can’t see the picture.by reading i can say it will be tasty!!!
actually here we haven’t got phone connection till now.i will call u once i got.take care of nishu.
Thanks Suma & Roopa
Richa stuffed paratha’s are one of our fav’s. Especially lil ones.
No probs swapna, will mail u later. How is vaishu doing and how is her new school. I’m sure she is having fun.Take care.
dear Shivapriya, you have presented the parathas so well that any one would get tempted. lovely pics. beautifully decorated.
What a wonderful place you have here,Shiva,Thanks, leading me here!!..
Shivapriya,
Beautifully depicted parathas girl. Loved the step to step depiction and I must say every picture is so beautifully and neatly taken. Your parathas look so round and professionally made. Loved it.
Thanks Sharmi, Your pictures and recipes always tempt me so much:).
Dear Bharaty, I’m glad you enjoyed my virtual cooking.
Thanks Seema.
Very Nice step by step details & beautiful parathas, Love em!!!
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Loved the details and the steps. Also your tip about freezing is very good, did not know that
Padmaja,
Love the photos! I have not yet tried making any Indian breads but these look so good and you explain everything very well! Maybe I will try making some this weekend. I will be in the states July/August although my plans aren’t complete yet. I’ll e-mail you soon, maybe we can arrange a visit!
Thanks for dropping by Aruna.
Sandeepa, I often freeze paratha’s they come handy when you have unexpected guest ( like my place) tava the paratha, serve with dal you are done:).
Next time when you make paratha’s give it a try.
Thanks Nicole. As you are good at rolling, i’m sure it will come well. Lemme know once you try it.
Padmaja: I’m going to try making these today…I’m cooking the potatoes now. Wish me luck, I think I’ll need it 🙂 I’ll e-mail you when I’m finished to let you know how they turned out!
Good Luck Nicole, You are an expert in rolling dough, i’m sure they will come really delicious.
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Hey Jeena, thanks for dropping by, I tried to click on the link u providied but its not working.. can u send me the link again..
Hi there, when ever i try to make the bread, it always comes out hard, they are not bad – but the problem is a freind of mines mother, makes the softest bread – and i much prefer when they are sort – how can i get them soft ?? i have tried about 10 times now ?
Hi Paul,
1. Try changing your wheat flour brand, I had same problem fews months back, Golden temple use to be the best, but now they are mixing lots of Maida (all purpose flour). Even other brands also doing the same.
Shakti Bhog and Kohinoor are good so try any of these.
Also dough should be little loose (not too stiff). Knead well and rest the dough for sometime (atleast 1/2 hr).
Hope this will help you.
BTW thanks for dropping by.
Bought some Shakti Bhog, so will try that…. i am busting to make these.. when you say dough should be loose, do you mean sticky, i have tried making these with extra water to make them softer (didnt work 🙂 and they were sticky.. also when you cook them – do you use oil or a dry skillett ? i have a love for indeian food, but can’t cook it ..hahaha – but i will keep trying
Hi Paul,
This dough should be somewhat similar consistency to bread/pizza dough.
If the dough is sticky, add little flour and knead gently until stickiness disappears, at the same time be careful not to add too much flour to make the dough dry.
Usually it takes 3/4 to 1 cup of water. Mix the dough using food processor, if you have one.
I use dry skillet and once the bread turns light brown I drizzle some oil your can use butter (unsalted) or ghee (clarified butter)
Good Luck. Hope this will help u.
parathas r really lovely i tried it…….n it tasted really yummy n it was heavenly n d accompaniment with paneer butter masala was mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!! LOVELY…ww
hey your aloo paratha is also looking yummy dear:) the stuffing is generously filled in the paratha and I can see it in the paratha, that makes it very rich and tasty:) good one!
Very refreshing pic of the curd…you make the process of making parathas sound so simple.. I always dreaded making this…
Hi,
this is my visit on ur site.
I liked it specialy the aloo paratha i was looking for a perfect receipe of it from a long time,
Thanks a lot.
I need a favour can i have some more types of parathas by mail i’ll be waiting for ur response.
my husband and my kidoo will love to have different varieties of parathas.
Thank you.
Hi,
this is my first visit to ur site
can i have some more paratha receipes.
waiting for ur receipes.
Thank you
Nice idea and nice paratas too.Paratas r in good shape.I too like paratas.Keep going.
Thankq all folks. I’m glad you guys loved it. Safa thanks for dropping by and will try to post some more soon.
Cool!
Hi,
Nice recipe. I enjoy making aloo parathas too. What I found mentioned on some other websites that I found very helpful was to grate the boiled potatoes. This makes the mix very smooth. But your recipe looks great in and of itself so I am sure this works great too :)). Keep up the good work.
haiiiii
very nice recepie.i liked it very much,thanks a lot.
which raita or chutney shud b served with aloo paratha
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Thankx
Hi,
What a great site, love the pics. I am not the best cook but learning new items. And this was the best recipe for first timers. My parata’s came out prefect! i have tried many other recipes and gave up, but then I now read several recipe and try the one with the best steps and description. SO THANK YOU!
It is tru the way to a mans heart is with food! Great site!
Thank you so much! I’m 18 and this was the first time I made indian parathas..(coz when i was in india, my mum used to..hehe)
They came out so delicious and so symmetrical.I emailed my mum some pics and she was so proud!
Hi
I tried making as you have explained. The parathas tasted really good. Thanks.
aloo da prantha hove te
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this site is so beautifully done i absluty luv the colour combination of grey black and red.. i always add onions in my parata… ill stop now and try ur way.. thanx
hey…
your parathas look great…..
hmmm yummy
uniform in size
lovely
Hii there!
I tried making 2day aloo+carrot paratha. But i strugggled with it alot. wt i did was i sauted the boiled veggies’s with some masalas’s n tamrind juice. the mix was softer than urs, im sure(becoz it seems that ur able to make small peda from ur filling) i dont think so it would b possible from my filling…any how i started roling my paratha and the stuffing startd oozing out from the sides of paratha+there was uneven distribution of filling and uneven thickness of paratha+ i could make it round. Can u advise…..thx in advance…….have a great day.
hiii.. tnx for recipe and th beautiful pics..i wud definatly try making dis now..
Hi,ur parathas are very nice …….I should try to make in this way ………
hii shivapriya
your aloo paratha is so delicious to look & tasty to eat.I felt it is very easy to make paratha in your receipe. good i m a aloo paratha luver always like to eat aloo items, specially aloo paratha,good keep it on.
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Roshini
The recipe of aloo paratha was very clear and i suceeded in making these yummy parathas for my kids. They loved it. Thank u.
Here the recipe copied from yours
http://momrecipies.blogspot.com/2009/10/aloo-paratha-potato-stuffed-faltbread.html
aloo parathas is an excellent recipe of parathas.thanks for giving such a nice description. I am going to try it out now.
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I made aloo paratha today…Too good .Thanks for the recipe
simply amazing …….procedure is explained very well……..thanks
Hi Shiva Priya,
I’ve tried out dis recipe n u knw vat??? Tis simply Yummmy!!!!!Thanq. Thanks a lot…Can I too share my recipies n dis site?
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Mmmmmmm….I like this kind of bread .
thank u
very niceeeeeeeee
can we use maida instead of wheat flour in allu paratha? kindly reply..