Method
- Wash radish thoroughly in running water.
- Peel the skin and shred the radish using a shredder.
- Radish usually has lot of water in it.
- So squeeze it hard to remove the water content from radish.
- Save this water for making dough if you wish.
- In a skillet or kadai pour 1 tsp of oil.
- When it is hot add finely chopped ginger and saute for a bit.
- Add finely chopped green chilli and saute until the colour of ginger changes to golden brown.
- Add shredded radish, salt and fry for 5-10 minutes on medium flame or until the water content in radish evaporates.
- Add turmeric powder, fennel powder and cumin powder. Saute for a minute.
- Add grated paneer and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from flame and allow it to cool.
- When it cools down slightly add finely chopped mint and mix it well to combine.
To make dough:
- In a mixing bowl add whole wheat flour/atta.
- Remove 3 tbsp of flour from it and add 3 tbsp of soy flour.
- Then add salt, chilli powder, turmeric powder.
- Mix it well with your hands.
- You can reserve this flour/atta for dusting.
- Then slowly add water/reserved radish water and knead it to a soft dough.
- You might have to use your muscle powder as you have to knead it for couple of minutes.
- The kneading time varies from the brand of flour you are using.
Take a tsp of oil and coat the dough.
- This will prevent the dough from drying while you are rolling out parathas.
- Cover it with a cling wrap / kitchen towel.
- Now pinch a small part from the stuffing and make golf size balls.
- You should get around 5 balls.
- Likewise pinch a portion of dough and make 5 equal sized balls.
- Take one of them dust it with flour and roll it out using your rolling pin like how you do it for rotis/chappati.
- Roll it into a circle around 10 cm in diameter.
- Dust it with more flour if it is sticky.
- Place the stuffing in the center and wrap it from all side to form a huge droplet like those Indian Modaks.
- Then press it from the top to make it flat.
- Dust it with flour and keep it aside.
- Repeat this step.
- Take the stuffed dough that was prepared first.
- Roll it out gently using a rolling pin.
- If the stuffing peeps out, dust a little bit of flour on the leak as you roll.
- Heat the griddle / tawa on medium heat, gently drop the rolled paratha.
- Allow it to fry for 30- 40 seconds on one side or until you will see small puffs on paratha.
- Then flip it over and fry on the other side for another 30-40 seconds or until you see brown spots beneath.
- Brush it with oil or ghee.
- Flip it over and fry it longer if required.
- Fry other parathas and serve it with Raitha / Pickle / Dal or any Kurma of your choice.
Recipe courtesy: Food for 7 Stages of Life