Green peas paratha

Peas Paratha is one of the healthy and mouthwatering North  Indian dish.This is the plain flat wheat atta bread with just stuffing of coarsely mashed green peas with spices and salt. This is very nourishing and can be best enjoyed with any Indian curry,  pickle or with yoghurt. 

   Ingredients:
  1.   Green peas                           - 1 cup
  2.  Wheat flour                           - 3 cups
  3.  Onion                                   - 1
  4. Ginger garlic paste                  -1tsp
  5. Green chilly                           - 2
  6. Garam Masala                        -1 tsp
  7. Turmeri pwd                            -1 tsp
  8. Red chilly pwd                        - ½ tsp
  9.  Salt to taste
  10. Oil as needed
Method:

  1. Soak green peas overnight.
  2. Cook until 3 whistles in a pressure cooker..
  3. Heat oil in a fry pan. Add Ginger garlic paste, chopped onion, greenchillies  and sauté for a minute.
  4.  Add cooked peas and combine.
  5.  Add salt, Turmeric pwd,red chilly pwd ,garam masala pwd and saute well.
  6.  Remove from heat






  7.  Knead wheat flour and salt , adding warm water to make soft dough.
  8.  Divide the kneaded dough into big lemon sized balls.
  9.  Roll out each ball into disc shape, like small chappathis,sprinkling wheat flour when needed.
  10.  Spread  the  peas filling inside.
  11. Cover it with another flattened dough.
  12.  Seal the edges so that the filling does not come out.
  13. Heat a flat pan
  14. When it turns hot, place the stuffed paratha.
  15. Cook one side of paratha to golden.
  16. Turn on other side, add little  oil to first cooked side.
  17. After few seconds, turn to other side and cook.
  18. Serve hot with spicy yoghurt or pickle.

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