Aaloo Kasuri Methi Stuffed Paratha Topped with Methamba
Aaloo Kasuri Methi Stuffed Paratha
For the outer covering
- Whole wheat flour -2 cup's
- Water as needed to knead to a soft dough
- Oil -2 tsp
- Salt to taste .
For the stuffing
- Potatoes -3
- Oil - 2 tsp
- Mustard seeds -1/2 tsp
- Saunf / Fennel seeds -1/2 tsp ( if u dont like the taste of saunf, u can add zeera /Cumin seeds instead )
- Hing /Asafoetida - 2 pinch
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig , finely chopped
- Green chilly - 2, finely chopped
- Onion - 1 , finely chopped
- Turmeric powder-1/4 th tsp
- Red chilly powder-1/2 tsp
- Kasuri methi/Dried Methi leaves crushed -1 tblsp
- Lime juice - 1 tsp
- Salt to taste .
Method
For outer covering
In a bowl add wheat flour , salt, oil , water litle by little and prepare a soft dough . Keep aside for 1/2 an hour under moist cloth
Pressure cook potatoes .Cool , peel n mash the potatoes well .
For stuffing
In a kadai add oil, splutter mustard seeds , add hing , saunf , add finely chopped curry leaves n then add finely chopped green chilly , stir for few seconds . Add finely chopped onion n saute till transparent .. add salt , turmeric powder , n red chilly powder then add the well mashed potatoes n crushed kasuri methi n stir for few seconds . Switch off the gas n add lime juice ... mix well n allow it to cool
To make paratha
Take small portion of the dough and flatten into a disc, place a tablespoon of the filling in the center of the disc and pinch the sides together around the filing and roll out as chapathis but with a thickness . Roast on both sides on hot tawa ,smeared with ghee .
Methamba ... Sweet, Sour n Spicy Raw Mango Delicacy
- Raw Mango - 1 , i used Thotapuri variety
- Oil - 1 tblsp
- Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds -1/2 tsp
- Methi /Fenugreek seeds - 1 tsp
- Hing /Asafoetida - 2 pinch
- Red chilly powder- 2 tsp , increase or decrease as per the spice , i used Kashmiri laal
- Turmeric Powder - 1/4 th tsp
- Jaggery - 1/2 cup ( i used organic powdered )
- Salt to taste
Method
Wash raw mango n pat it dry as no moisture retains , peel it and cut it into big pieces.
Add oil in a kadai , splutter mustard seeds , then add cumin seeds n methi seeds n roast for few seconds .n then add hing , stir again for a second . Add turmeric n red chilly powder , salt n add peeled chopped raw mango pieces , mix well ..Cover n cook on medium flame adding very little water , stir in between , when raw mango pieces is 3/4 th cooked add jaggery powder n cook for about 5 mts . Cool n store in air tight jar
It remains good for about 1 to 2 weeks
