Friday, December 05, 2008

Methi Parata



Ingredients:

Wheet flour-4 cups
Fresh fenugreek leaves or menthikura-2 cups
Sugar-1 teaspoon-
Salt-1 teaspoon
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Red chilli powder-1 teaspoon
Azwain (vaamu)-1 teaspoon
Oil-1 cup






Method:

1. Wash and chop the fenugreek leaves.
2. Sieve the wheet flour into a big bowl and add the chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt, sugar, azwain, chopped fenugreek leaves and one tablespoon oil.
3. Add sufficient water and kneed it into a tough dough.
4. Keep it aside for fifteen minutes and divide it into a big lemon sized balls. Roll them into circle shaped pratas with a rolling pin.
5. Heat the pan and roast the pratas on both sides using a tablespoon of oil. Serve them hot with yogurt…

13 comments:

Deepthi Shankar said...

i made methi paratha yesterday for dinner, i love the flavour

Uma said...

Wow, the parathas look so delicious and perfect. Love those green specks peeking out the paratha.

Raks said...

I love methi paratha and similar way except i fry methi leaves little!

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Deesha, Uma and Rak's Kitchen!

Nazarina A said...

I love these pictures with the specks of green in the parata. I have a similar post a few months back where I incorporated the chopped basil and cilantro leaves into the pizza dough.

Kalai said...

I normally fry the methi leaves a bit first. Should try out your method too. Looks awesome! :)

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Nazarina A and Kalai!

Jaya M said...

Vijaya,
This is my fav , winters are marked for trying out fresh parathas straight form hot Tava, and I just love it that way ...Thanks for sharing
hugs and smiles

notyet100 said...

first time at ur space,..methi parantha looks yum,..:-)

Andhra Flavors said...

madya madya lo green colour tho bale vunayi chapathilu.

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Jaya, notyet100 and Andhra Flavors:)

Daily Meals said...

Thank you Jaya, notyet100 and Andhra Flavors:)

Shreya said...

I love methi parathas... have a post on my blog too for it...