Paratha - Quintessential Indian breakfast
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Ingredients
Ingredients for the dough
1 cup of water.
1 tsp oil or ghee (for IBD-AID Ghee is phase 3)
Oat flour
Stuffing ingredients:
1 carrot
½ green banana/plaintain
2 TBSP farmers cheese
¼ tsp turmeric
¼ tsp cumin
¼ tsp ginger powder
¼ tsp cilantro
Salt
Pepper
Ingredients for the dough
240 ml water.
1 tsp (5 ml) oil or ghee (for IBD-AID Ghee is phase 3)
Oat flour
Stuffing ingredients:
1 carrot
½ green banana/plaintain
2 TBSP (30 ml) farmers cheese
¼ tsp (1.25 ml) turmeric
¼ tsp (1.25 ml) cumin
¼ tsp (1.25 ml) ginger powder
¼ tsp (1.25 ml) cilantro
Salt
Pepper
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Instructions
Flatbread
- Boil the water
- Add a teaspoon of oil or ghee according to phase.
- Add oats flour one spoon at a time until it feels "doughy"
- Let it rest 15 minutes
- Make small balls and roll it like a tortilla - dust with oat flour to prevent sticking
(this cooked by itself is good for making roti/tortilla)
Stuffing
- Finely grate a carrot
- Add half boiled and mashed green banana/plaintain
- 2 tbsp farmers cheese
- Dash of turmeric, cumin, ginger powder, cilantro and salt/pepper
- Mix it all
- Taste test the stuffing and adjust as needed
Final Making Step
- Heat a pan
- Take the rolled uncooked roti/tortilla
- Spread the mix on roti
- Take another uncooked roti and close on all sides
- Place stuffed paratha on pan and cook with oil/ghee/butter on both sides
Nutritional Info
Storage
Notes
Quintessential Indian breakfast - paratha. It's basically a stuffed flatbread. This one is oat flour paratha stuffed with carrots, boiled+mashed green banana and farmer's cheese. Usually paratha is eaten with plain yogurt but used labneh for probiotic variety. Stuffing has a dash of turmeric, cumin powder, ginger powder, salt, pepper and cilantro for flavor - you can flavor it any way you like.
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