Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Whole wheat flour (Chapati atta)
- Salt to taste
- 1 ½ teaspoon Ajwain (Carom seeds)
- 2 tablespoons Oil + more to apply between layers and to fry paratha
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoons Water
Instructions
making ajwain paratha recipe:
- Take atta salt, ajwain and oil in a bowl. Rub it using your fingertips and mix.
- Add little water at a time and start kneading the dough. Dough should be soft like plain paratha dough.
- Let it rest for 15 minutes covered.
- After 15 minutes, knead the dough once again and smooth out.
- Divide it into 9 equal portions.
- Make smooth ball and flatten it between your palms.
- Simultaneously, heat the tawa or skillet on medium to fry the paratha.
- While it is heating, work with one flatten ball a time, roll into about 5 inch diameter circle.
- Then oil and fold in half and again fold in half. You will get the triangular shape.
- Then roll again keeping the triangluar shape intact, if you can manage.
- Now tawa should be hot, fry the paratha using little oil till it is browned and cooked from both sides.
- Repeat the same process till all the parathas are ready.
- If not serving right away then keep them into insulated container.
Nutrition
Serving: 2paratha | Calories: 282kcal | Carbohydrates: 21.8g | Protein: 4.1g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 2.7g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 292mg | Potassium: 122mg | Fiber: 3.7g | Sugar: 0.1g