Plain Paratha – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take wheat flour into a dish and add salt.
• Mix well and add a little water at a time and knead dough.
• The consistency of dough should be semi stiff, not as thick as puri or as thin as chapatti.
• Apply a little oil to the dough and transfer it into a bowl.
• Cover and give it a resting time of about 30 minutes.
• Take the dough out and knead it once more.
• Make medium size balls from the dough.
• Take one ball and make it smooth.
• Dip it in dry flour and roll a chapatti of about 4-5”.
• Apply oil and spread it all over the chapatti.
• Fold chapatti into half and again spread oil.
• Fold the chapatti again into quarter and seal the paratha.
• Dip paratha again into dry flour and roll it in triangular shape paratha. It should be little thick.
• Heat up a pan. Transfer the paratha on the pan and roast for about a minute.
• When small bubbles begin to appear, flip paratha over.
• Spread oil on this side and flip it over again.
• Spread oil on other side as well as roast it really good from both sides.
• When paratha is nice and crispy, take it out into a dish.
• Paratha is already. It goes well with any gravy sabzi or curry or non veg like chicken, mutton.
• You can make 5 parathas from 1 1/2 cups wheat flour.