Mooli Paratha Recipe - Radish Paratha Recipe
Mooli Paratha Recipe - Flatbreads stuffed with spicy radish filling that are then shallow fried on griddle.
Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
- Salt - to taste
- Oil - 3 to 4 tsp
For the stuffing:
- Radish with the greens – 2 nos
- Onion – 1
- Green chili – 1
- Ginger – 1 inch piece
- Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
- Red chili powder – 1 tsp
- Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
- Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Oil – 1 tsp
Instructions
To make the Dough:
- In a mixing bowl, add whole wheat flour and salt together.
- Add water little by little and mix into a soft dough.
- Keep the bowl covered and let the dough rest for 30 mins.
To make the Stuffing:
- Separate the radish green from the radish. Wash, clean and chop the leaves finely.
- Chop the onions finely, slit the green chilies, remove seeds and mince it. Grate the ginger and keep aside. Grate the radish using a grater. I used a food chopper.
- Tip the grated radish into a fine meshed colander. Squeeze the radish well and make sure its devoid of any moisture.
- Heat a pan with oil and season with cumin seeds.
- Add ginger, green chilies, onion and cook for 2 mins. Add the squeezed out grated radish and mix well.
- Add radish greens, turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well.
- Cook over low flame for 3-4 mins till the raw smell disappears and there is no moisture left.
- Take off fire and let it come to room temperature. Divide the mixture equally and make them into small lemon sized balls.
- At this stage, you can store them in the fridge and use for later to prepare parathas after thawing to room temperature.
To make Mooli Paratha:
- Divide the dough into orange sized balls.
- Using a roller, roll a ball into 4 - 5 inch dia circle. Place a stuffing ball in the center and bring the edges all over the stuffing and cover well.
- Remove the excess dough on top after covering and once again make into a ball.
- Roll this stuffed ball again gently using flour for dusting into 7-8 dia in size.
- Make sure the stuffing does not come out.
- Heat a tawa or griddle and when hot, place the rolled out paratha on it and cook over medium flame. Drizzle a few drops of oil around, if preferred.
- After 1-2 mins, flip the paratha and let the other side cook for 1 more min.
- Transfer to a plate and continue with the rest of the dough.
- Mooli Paratha or Radish Paratha is ready.
- Serve hot with any pickle of your choice or with yogurt seasoned with a pinch of roasted cumin powder and red chili powder and salt.
