These triangular parathas came out nice and soft, though I used minimum amount of oil.
Triangular Layered Parathas
Ingredients:
Wheat flour : 2 cups
Salt : 1 tsp
Water : to make dough
How I Made It:
1. Add salt to the flour and mix well. Add water little by little till you get a medium hard dough. “The dough should be medium hard in texture. Not as soft as roti and not as hard as puri.”
2. Divide into equal portions, approximately the size of a lemon.
3. Roll them out into circles and fold them thrice to make a long triangle. Smear oil in all the folds. “Do not make it too wide and thin. It should be about 4-6 inches and a little thick. Too thin and they turn out like papadams.”
4. Cook on a griddle till both sides turn golden brown “and the layers start to rise and separate.”
5. “The heat should be consistent in the initial phase of cooking to allow the layers to seperate. If the heat is too low, it will either turn hard and if it is too high, it will brown without cooking the inner layers.”
Click here for Shaheen’s photorial on how to make triangular parathas.
Changes made by me: I did not add oil while cooking the parathas. I used gingelly oil in the foldsm since I like the flavour of this added to the smell of parathas cooking.
I was also tagged to share my three most favourite smells in the kitchen. So here goes:
(a) Ginger garlic paste frying with sauteed onions and oil.
(b) Smell of mummy’s home-made ghee when its almost done.
(c) Smell of chocolate cake getting baked in the oven.
I simply can’t resist Parathas, whether the round ones or the triangular ones. Although I feel the triangular ones tastes more better….As I am writing I simply can as if smell the aroma of the ghee coming out….I like parathas with fried egg curry…Nice pics too!
I also made this triangle parathas my dear for coffee event. Your parathas looks delicious.:)
Hi Nags
I loved the Parantha-egg curry combo 🙂
Will surely try this combination 🙂
I agree with Sandeepa. Parathas and egg curry – I’m definitely hungry now! And I love the smell of ginger and garlic frying as well!
Parathas and Egg Curry…what ameal…makes me hungry
Looks like a tasty dish. Great find.
I love Indian food and I’m ashamed to say it’s not my forte. So I look on happyily as you cook away.
That’s a tasty entry, Nags. I am and definitely going to make some egg curry this week 🙂
heyy…have put up a pic of the dish i made over the weekend…do visit my blog…also, im planning to participate in your ” show me your cookbook” event..have decided which book and taken the pic also…will write the rest of the stuff and send it to you soon…:)
hi Nags,
trust me, I look soo longingly at home made chappati’s, puris…coz my dad@home never liked it, so didnt use to make it much..and hence, I had no practise in doing it!!! and yesterday, we just went forward for it…I experimented on my first ever pulkas, was not badddd….but, have a long way to go!!!