Friday, August 15, 2008

Palak Paratha/Spinach tortilla


Palak paratha is something which can be fed to the people who do not like spinach in their meals. It is tasty and nutritious. You can have it with any curry or even pickle and curd. Here's the recipe.
Ingredients:

1/2 bunch of spinach or 1/4 of a frozen spinach box
1 tsp ajwain (carom seeds)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
2C wheat flour
warm water for kneading.

Method:

1) Wash and roughly chop the spinach. Drop them into your blender with a little water and form a paste.

2) Now in a bowl , add wheat flour, ajwain, salt, chili powder and grinded spinach. Knead to form a soft dough. Add warm water for kneading after all the spinach is incorporated and still a dough ball is not formed.

3) Form small balls of this spinach dough about 1 inch in diameter. With a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a thin round flat tortilla.

4) Heat a tava(flat pan )on medium high and place the tortilla onto the tava and let it cook each side, Apply ghee on both sides and let it cook until small black specks are formed.

5) Serve hot with pickle or raita.

Serves: Makes about 12 tortillas

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